BHAGAVAD-GITA 18:40

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BHAGAVAD-GITA 18:40

 

na tad asti prthivyam va

divi devesu va punah

sattvam prakrti-jair muktam

yad ebhih syat tribhir gunaih

 

WORD FOR WORD

 

na--not; tat--that; asti--there is; prthivyam--on the earth; va--or;

divi--in the higher planetary system; devesu--amongst the demigods;

va--or; punah--again; sattvam--existence; prakrti-jaih--born of

material nature; muktam--liberated; yat--that; ebhih--from the

influence of these; syat--is; tribhih--three; gunaih--modes of

material nature.

 

TRANSLATION

 

There is no being existing, either here or among the demigods in the

higher planetary systems, which is freed from these three modes born

of material nature.

 

PURPORT

 

The Lord here summarizes the total influence of the three modes of

material nature all over the universe.

 

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