Speaker: Śrī Kṛṣṇa
यदा सत्त्वे प्रवृद्धे तु प्रलयं याति देहभृत् ।
तदोत्तमविदां लोकानमलान्प्रतिपद्यते ॥१४॥
yadā sattve pravṛddhe tu
pralayaṁ yāti deha-bhṛt
tadottama-vidāṁ lokān
amalān pratipadyate
Word for word (synonyms)
- yadā
- when
- sattve
- mode of goodness
- pravṛddhe
- in development
- tu
- but
- pralayam
- dissolution
- yāti
- goes
- deha-bhṛt
- embodied
- tadā
- at that time
- uttama-vidām
- of the great sages
- lokān
- the planets
- amalān
- pure
- pratipadyate
- attains
Translation
When one dies in the mode of goodness, he attains to the pure higher planets.
Purport
One in goodness attains higher planetary systems, like Brahmaloka or Janaloka, and there enjoys godly happiness. The word amalān 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.
What this verse teaches
Destination after death in different modes
- Themes
- Death
Bhagavad-gītā As It Is by His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda © The Bhaktivedanta Book Trust International.