Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 11.22.52

sattva-sańgād ṛṣīn devān

rajasāsura-mānuṣān

tamasā bhūta-tiryaktvaḿ

bhrāmito yāti karmabhiḥ

SYNONYMS

sattva-sańgāt — by association with the mode of goodness; ṛṣīn — to the sages; devān — to the demigods; rajasā — by the mode of passion; asura — to the demons; mānuṣān — and to human beings; tamasā — by the mode of ignorance; bhūta — to the ghostly spirits; tiryaktvam — or the animal kingdom; bhrāmitaḥ — made to wander; yāti — he goes; karmabhiḥ — because of his fruitive activities.

TRANSLATION

Made to wander because of his fruitive work, the conditioned soul, by contact with the mode of goodness, takes birth among the sages or demigods. By contact with the mode of passion he becomes a demon or human being, and by association with the mode of ignorance he takes birth as a ghost or in the animal kingdom.

PURPORT

The word tiryaktvam means "the status of an animal," which includes all lower forms of life, such as beasts, birds, insects, fish and plants.

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