Bhagavad-gītā As it Is
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न तद अस्ति पृथिव्यां वा दिवि देवेषु वा पुनः
सत्त्वं परकृतिजैर मुक्तं यद एभिः सयात तरिभिर गुणैः

na tad asti pṛthivyāṁ vā
divi deveṣu vā punaḥ
sattvaṁ prakṛti-jair muktaṁ
yad ebhiḥ syāt tribhir guṇaiḥ

WORD BY WORD

na — not; tat — that; asti — there is; pṛthivyām — on the earth; — or; divi — in the higher planetary system; deveṣu — amongst the demigods; — or; punaḥ — again; sattvam — existence; prakṛti-jaiḥ — born of material nature; muktam — liberated; yat — that; ebhiḥ — from the influence of these; syāt — is; tribhiḥ — 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 these three modes born 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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