Bhagavad Gita, Chapter 18, Verse 40
न तदस्ति पृथिव्यां वा दिवि देवेषु वा पुनः । सत्त्वं प्रकृतिजैर्मुक्तं यदेभिः स्यात्त्रिभिर्गुणैः
na tadasti pṛthivyāṃ vā divi deveṣu vā punaḥ | sattvaṃ prakṛtijairmuktaṃ yadebhiḥ syāttribhirguṇaiḥ
Translation
There is no being on earth, or again in heaven among the Devas, that can be free from these three guṇas born of Prakṛti.
— Alladi Mahadeva Sastri
Word meanings
- na
- not
- tat
- that
- asti
- is
- pṛthivyām
- in the earth
- vā
- or
- divi
- in heaven
- deveṣu
- among the Gods
- vā
- or
- punaḥ
- again
- sattvam
- a being
- prakṛtijaiḥ
- by (from) nature-born
- muktam
- freed
- yat
- which
- ebhiḥ
- from these
- syāt
- be
- tribhiḥ
- from three
- guṇaiḥ
- by (from) qualities
Śaṅkarācārya's commentary
Being: animate or inanimate. Guṇas: such as Sattva. On earth: among men.