Bhagavad Gita
    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.
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