Sanskrit · Devanagari
न तदस्ति पृथिव्यां वा दिवि देवेषु वा पुनः। सत्त्वं प्रकृतिजैर्मुक्तं यदेभिः स्यात्त्रिभिर्गुणैः ॥
Sanskrit · IAST
na tadasti pṛthivyāṃ vā divi deveṣu vā punaḥ sattvaṃ prakṛtijairmuktaṃ yadebhiḥ syāttribhirguṇaiḥ
English witness
Kashinath Trimbak Telang, 1882both at first and in its consequences. There is no entity either on earth or in heaven among the gods, which is free from these three qualities born of nature.
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Śaṅkarācārya
।।18.40।। --,न तत् अस्ति तत् नास्ति पृथिव्यां वा मनुष्यादिषु सत्त्वं प्राणिजातम् अन्यद्वा अप्राणि? दिवि देवेषु वा पुनः सत्त्वम्? प्रकृतिजैः प्रकृतितः जातैः एभिः त्रिभिः गुणैः सत्त्वादिभिः मुक्तं परित्यक्तं यत् स्यात्? न तत् अस्ति इति पूर्वेण संबन्धः।।सर्वः संसारः क्रियाकारकफललक्षणः सत्त्वरजस्तमोगुणात्मकः अविद्यापरिकल्पितः समूलः अनर्थः उक्तः? वृक्षरूपकल्पनया च ऊर्ध्वमूलम् (गीता 15।1) इत्यादिना? तं च असङ्गशस्त्रेण दृढेन च्छित्त्वा (गीता 15।3) ततः पदं तत्परिमार्गितव्यम् (गीता 15।4) इति च उक्तम्। तत्र च सर्वस्य त्रिगुणात्मकत्वात् संसारकारणनिवृत्त्यनुपपत्तौ प्राप्तायाम्? यथा तन्निवृत्तिः स्यात् तथा वक्तव्यम्? सर्वश्च गीताशास्त्रार्थः उपसंहर्तव्यः? एतावानेव च सर्ववेदस्मृत्यर्थः पुरुषार्थम् इच्छद्भिः अनुष्ठेयः इत्येवमर्थम् ब्राह्मणक्षत्रियविशाम् इत्यादिः आरभ्यते --,
586613695d95…Rāmānuja
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 relinishment of the sense of agency in actions that are being performed. The relinishment 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 alified classes of the people such as Brahmanas, differentiated by virtue of the natural alities arising from the Gunas such as Sattva, as also the occupations prescribed for those classes.
9d25010d3819…Swami Sivananda
18.40 न not? तत् that? अस्ति is? पृथिव्याम् on the earth? वा or? दिवि in heaven? देवेषु among the gods? वा or? पुनः again? सत्त्वम् being? प्रकृतिजैः born of Prakriti (matter)? मुक्तम् freed? यत् which? एभिः from these? स्यात् may be? त्रिभिः from three? गुणैः by alities.Commentary The Gunas form the warp and woof of everything as threads do in the case of cloth.Here in the world of mortals or there in the heavenworld? there is no creature that is not bound by the three alities of Nature. Can there be a cloth without threads Can there be a man without blood and bones Can there be a mountain without stones Even so there is not a single creature in the whole universe into whose composition the three alities of matter do not enter. The whole of creation is wrought of these three alities. They have given rise to the Trinity (Brahma? Vishnu and Siva). In the world of mortals the triplicity of agent? action and fruit owe their origin to them. They are the cause of the different functions of the four castes. This Samsara has been compared to the peepul tree in chapter XV.1. This Samsara is made up of the three alities and is kept up by the force of ignorance.Action? instruments of action and fruits have set the wheel of Samsara in motion and this wheel is revolving from beginningless time. It is only a liberated sage who has attained knowledge of the Self who puts a check to this wheel? goes beyond the cause and the effect? and breaks the bonds of Karma.Cut this mysterious tree of Samsara with the strong sword of nonattachment? transcend the three Gunas and rest in your own essential divine nature as ExistenceKnowledgeBliss Absolute.
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