{
  "book_title": "Bhagavad-gītā As It Is",
  "chapter": 14,
  "verse": 18,
  "reference": "Bg 14.18",
  "devanagari": "ऊर्ध्वं गच्छन्ति सत्त्वस्था मध्ये तिष्ठन्ति राजसाः\nजघन्यगुणवृत्तिस्था अधो गच्छन्ति तामसाः",
  "transliteration": "ūrdhvaṁ gacchanti sattva-sthā\nmadhye tiṣṭhanti rājasāḥ\njaghanya-guṇa-vṛtti-sthā\nadho gacchanti tāmasāḥ",
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "ūrdhvam",
      "meanings": [
        "upwards"
      ]
    },
    {
      "word": "gacchanti",
      "meanings": [
        "goes"
      ]
    },
    {
      "word": "sattva-sthāḥ",
      "meanings": [
        "one who is situated in the mode of goodness"
      ]
    },
    {
      "word": "madhye",
      "meanings": [
        "in the middle"
      ]
    },
    {
      "word": "tiṣṭhanti",
      "meanings": [
        "dwell"
      ]
    },
    {
      "word": "rājasāḥ",
      "meanings": [
        "those who are situated in the mode of passion"
      ]
    },
    {
      "word": "jaghanya",
      "meanings": [
        "abominable"
      ]
    },
    {
      "word": "guṇa",
      "meanings": [
        "quality"
      ]
    },
    {
      "word": "vṛtti-sthāḥ",
      "meanings": [
        "occupation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "word": "adhaḥ",
      "meanings": [
        "down"
      ]
    },
    {
      "word": "gacchanti",
      "meanings": [
        "go"
      ]
    },
    {
      "word": "tāmasāḥ",
      "meanings": [
        "persons in the mode of ignorance."
      ]
    }
  ],
  "translation": "<b>Those situated in the mode of goodness gradually go upward to the higher planets; those in the mode of passion live on the earthly planets; and those in the mode of ignorance go down to the hellish worlds.</b>",
  "purport": []
}