Speaker: Śrī Kṛṣṇa
न तदस्ति पृथिव्यां वा दिवि देवेषु वा पुनः ।
सत्त्वं प्रकृतिजैर्मुक्तं यदेभिः स्यात्त्रिभिर्गुणैः ॥४०॥
na tad asti pṛthivyāṁ vā
divi deveṣu vā punaḥ
sattvaṁ prakṛti-jair muktaṁ
yad ebhiḥ syāt tribhir guṇaiḥ
Word for word (synonyms)
- na
- not
- tat
- that
- asti
- there is
- pṛthivyām
- within the universe
- vā
- or
- divi
- in the higher planetary system
- deveṣu
- amongst the demigods
- vā
- or
- punaḥ
- again
- sattvam
- existence
- prakṛti-jaiḥ
- under the influence of material nature
- muktam
- liberated
- yat
- that
- ebhiḥ
- by this
- syāt
- so becomes
- tribhiḥ
- by three
- guṇaiḥ
- 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 the three modes of material nature.
Defined in the Gītā
The three modes
Who has transcended the three modes of nature?
The Blessed Lord said: He who does not hate illumination, attachment and delusion when they are present, nor longs for them when they disappear; who is seated like one unconcerned, being situated beyond these material reactions of the modes of nature, who remains firm, knowing that the modes alone are active; who regards alike pleasure and pain, and looks on a clod, a stone and a piece of gold with an equal eye; who is wise and holds praise and blame to be the same; who is unchanged in honor and dishonor, who treats friend and foe alike, who has abandoned all fruitive undertakings—such a man is said to have transcended the modes of nature.
Purport
The Lord here summarizes the total influence of the three modes of material nature all over the universe.
What this verse teaches
Summary of the influence of modes
- Subsection
- Happiness (sukhaṁ) in three modes
Bhagavad-gītā As It Is by His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda © The Bhaktivedanta Book Trust International.