Chapter 18: Conclusion-The Perfection of Renunciation
Bg 18.40
TEXT 40
न तदस्ति पृथिव्यां वा दिवि देवेषु वा पुनः ।
सत्त्वं प्रकृतिजैर्मुक्तं यदेभिः स्यात्त्रिभिर्गुणैः ॥ ४० ॥
na tad asti pṛthivyāṁ vā
divi deveṣu vā punaḥ
sattvaṁ prakṛti-jair muktaṁ
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 the three modes of material nature.
PURPORT
The Lord here summarizes the total influence of the three modes of material nature all over the universe.