BHAGAVAD-GITA 14:14

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BHAGAVAD-GITA 14:14

 

yada sattve pravrddhe tu

pralayam yati deha-bhrt

tadottama-vidam lokan

amalan pratipadyate

 

WORD FOR WORD

 

yada--when; sattve--the mode of goodness; pravrddhe--developed;

tu--but; pralayam--dissolution; yati--goes; deha-bhrt--the embodied;

tada--at that time; uttama-vidam--of the great sages; lokan--the

planets; amalan--pure; pratipadyate--attains.

 

TRANSLATION

 

When one dies in the mode of goodness, he attains to the pure higher

planets of the great sages.

 

PURPORT

 

One in goodness attains higher planetary systems, like Brahmaloka or

Janoloka, and there enjoys godly happiness. The word amalan is

significant; it means "free from the modes of passion and ignorance."

There are impurities in the material world, but the mode of goodness

is the purest form of existence in the material world. There are

different kinds of planets for different kinds of living entities.

Those who die in the mode of goodness are elevated to the planets

where great sages and great devotees live.

 

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