Chapter 18 · Liberation Through Renunciation
Verse 40
Sanskrit Text — Chapter 18, Verse 40
न तदस्ति पृथिव्यां वा दिवि देवेषु वा पुनः।सत्त्वं प्रकृतिजैर्मुक्तं यदेभिः स्यात्ित्रभिर्गुणैः।।18.40।।
Transliteration (IAST)
na tad asti pṛithivyāṁ vā divi deveṣhu vā punaḥ sattvaṁ prakṛiti-jair muktaṁ yad ebhiḥ syāt tribhir guṇaiḥ
Translation
There is no creature, on earth or among the gods in heaven, that is exempt from these three Gunas born of Prakrti.— Swami AdidevanandaFeatured
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