Bhagavad Gita, Chapter 14, Verse 14

यदा सत्त्वे प्रवृद्धे तु प्रलयं याति देहभृत् । तदोत्तमविदां लोकानमलान्प्रतिपद्यते

yadā sattve pravṛddhe tu pralayaṃ yāti dehabhṛt | tadottamavidāṃ lokānamalānpratipadyate

Translation

If the embodied one meets death when Sattva is predominant, then he attains to the spotless regions of the knowers of the Highest.

— Alladi Mahadeva Sastri

Word meanings

yadā

when

sattve

in (the state of) harmony

pravṛddhe

(in having become) increased

tu

indeed

pralayam

to dissolution

yāti

goes

dehabhṛt

the supporter of a body

tadā

then

uttamavidām

the highest, (they) know, thus, of them

lokān

to the worlds

amalān

of the spotless

pratipadyate

goes

Śaṅkarācārya's commentary

"The embodied one": the Self. "The Highest": the Mahat and the like principles (tattvas). The "spotless regions" are the Brahma-loka and the like, where Rajas and Tamas never predominate.