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Bhagavad Gita Chapter 18.40

na tad asti pṛthivyāḿ vā

divi deveṣu vā punaḥ

sattvaḿ prakṛti-jair muktaḿ

yad ebhiḥ syāt tribhir guṇaiḥ

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.

Author Name:-Sri Ramanuja

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Sri Ramanuja

18.40 There is no Sattva or creature born either among men etc., on the earth or among the gods in heaven, from Brahma down to immobile things, and having their basis in Prakrti, that is free from the dominance of the three Gunas of Prakrti. ‘Tyaga’, which has been determined as forming the means for release in the Sruti texts like ‘By Tyaga alone do they attain immortality’ (Ma. Na., 8.14), is of the same meaning as of the word ‘Sannyasa’. It is rooted in the relinquishment of the sense of agency in actions that are being performed. The relinquishment of the results and of possessiveness in actions, and the relinguishing of agency are to be gained by ascribing the agency to the Supreme Person. As all these are the effects of the increase of Sattva-guna, the differences of the effects of Sattva, Rajas and Tamas have been described at length with a view to instruct that Sattva is to be cultivated. Now Sri Krsna, with a view to inculcate that actions done including their fruits, as a means to release and attainment of Him, must be of the nature of the worship of the Supreme Person, and that the fruit thereof is the attainment of Him — describes the actions obligatory for the qualified classes of the people such as Brahmanas, differentiated by virtue of the natural qualities arising from the Gunas such as Sattva, as also the occupations prescribed for those classes.

Author Name:-Sri Adi Shankaracharya

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Sri Adi Shankaracharya

18.40 Na asti, there is no; tat, such; sattvam, entity, living creatures like men and others, or non-living things; prthivyam, in the world; va punah, or, again; an entity devesu, among the gods; divi, in heaven; yat, which; syat, can be [-this is connected with the preceding portion ‘na tat, there is no such (entity)’-]; muktam, free; ebhih, from these; trubhih, three; gunaih, gunas, sattva etc.; prakrti-jaih, born of Nature. It has been said that the entire transmigratory state together with its roots, characterized by action, agent and resuls-consisting of the gunas, sattva, rajas and tamas-, and projected by ignorance, is an evil. And this also has been said through the imagery of the Tree in the verse, ‘…which has its roots upward’ etc. (15.1). It has been further said that, ‘after felling that (Tree), with the strong sword of detachment, thereafter, that State has to be sought for’ (15.3-4). And, as to that, since all things consist of the three gunas, there arises the impossibility of the eradication of the cause of worldly existence. Hence, it has to be shown how it can be eradicated. Besides, the purport of the scripture Gita has to be summed up, and it has also to be shown that the import of all the Vedas and the Smrtis, which must be put into practice by those who long for the Goal of human life, is verily this much. Hence begin the verses, ‘The duties of the Brahmanas, the Ksatriyas and the Vaisyas…’, etc.

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Bhagavad Gita Chapter 18.40

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