Bhagavad Gita 18.40 Meaning: Na tadasti prithivyam va divi

Bhagavad Gita 18.40

न तदस्ति पृथिव्यां वा दिवि देवेषु वा पुनः ।सत्त्वं प्रकृतिजैर्मुक्तं यदेभिः स्यात्त्रिभिर्गुणैः ॥

Na tadasti prithivyam va divi deveshu va punahSattvam prakritijairmuktam yadebhih syattribhirgunaih

na tadasti pṛthivyāṃ vā divi deveṣu vā punaḥ |sattvaṃ prakṛtijairmuktaṃ yadebhiḥ syāttribhirguṇaiḥ ||

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Our explanation Krishna says there is no being on earth, or among the gods in heaven, that is free from these three guṇas born of nature (prakṛti).

हिंदी अर्थ कृष्ण कहते हैं कि पृथ्वी पर या स्वर्ग में देवताओं में भी ऐसा कोई प्राणी नहीं जो प्रकृति से उत्पन्न इन तीन गुणों से मुक्त हो।

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न na · not (indeclinable) Dictionary: 2. na, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 523, col. 1 “not, no, nor, neither”
तत् tat · that (pronoun (neuter), nominative singular) Dictionary: tad, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 434, col. 1 “m. he, f. she, n. it, that, this”
अस्ति asti · is (present, 3rd person singular) Dictionary: 1. as, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 117, col. 2 “to be, live, exist, be present”
पृथिव्याम् pṛthivyām · on earth (noun (feminine), locative singular) Dictionary: pṛthivī, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 646, col. 1 “the earth or wide world”
वा vā · or (indeclinable) Dictionary: 1. vā, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 934, col. 2 “ind. or”
दिवि divi · in heaven (noun (feminine), locative singular) Dictionary: 3. div, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 478, col. 3 “heaven, the sky”
देवेषु deveṣu · among the gods (noun (masculine), locative plural) Dictionary: deva, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 492, col. 2 “a deity, god”
वा vā · or (indeclinable) Dictionary: 1. vā, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 934, col. 2 “ind. or”
पुनः punaḥ · again (indeclinable) Dictionary: punar, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 633, col. 2 “again, once more”
सत्त्वम् sattvam · being, creature (noun (neuter), nominative singular) Dictionary: sat-tva, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 1135, col. 2 “a living or sentient being, creature, animal”
प्रकृतिजैः prakṛtijaiḥ · born of nature (prakṛti) (compound (masculine), instrumental plural) Dictionary: prakṛti-ja, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 654, col. 1 “springing from nature, inborn, innate”
मुक्तम् muktam · free (past participle (neuter), nominative singular) Dictionary: mukta, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 820, col. 3 “liberated, delivered, emancipated (esp. from sin or worldly existence)”
यत् yat · which (pronoun (neuter), nominative singular) Dictionary: yad, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 844, col. 2 “who, which, what, whichever, whatever, that”
एभिः ebhiḥ · from these (pronoun (masculine), instrumental plural) Dictionary: 1. idam, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 165, col. 2 “this, this here, referring to something near the speaker”
स्यात् syāt · may be (optative, 3rd person singular) Dictionary: 1. as, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 117, col. 2 “to be, live, exist, be present”
त्रिभिः tribhiḥ · three (numeral (masculine), instrumental plural) Dictionary: tri, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 457, col. 3
गुणैः guṇaiḥ · guṇas (noun (masculine), instrumental plural) Dictionary: guṇa, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 357, col. 1 “(in Sāṃkhya phil.) an ingredient or constituent of Prakṛiti, chief quality of all existing beings”

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