Bhagavad-gita As It Is - 18.40

TEXT 40

na tad asti prthivyam va 
divi devesu va punah 
sattvam prakrti-jair muktam 
yad ebhih syat tribhir gunaih

SYNONYMS

na--not; tat--that; asti--there is; prthivyam--within the universe;va--or; divi--in the higher planetary system; devesu--amongst the demigods; va--or; punah--again; sattvam--existence; prakrti-jaih--under the influence of material nature; muktam--liberated; yat--that;ebhih--by this; syat--so becomes; tribhih--by three; gunaih--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.

PURPORT

The Lord here summarizes the total influence of the three modes of material nature all over the universe.

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