Chapter 18: Conclusion -- The Perfection of Renunciation

Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Bhagavad-gita As It Is 18.40

na tad asti prithivyam va

divi deveshu va punah

sattvam prakriti-jair muktam

yad ebhih syat tribhir gunaih

SYNONYMS

na -- not; tat -- that; asti -- there is; prithivyam -- on the earth; va -- or; divi -- in the higher planetary system; deveshu -- amongst the demigods; va -- or; punah -- again; sattvam -- existence; prakriti-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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