{ "book_title": "Bhagavad-gītā As It Is", "chapter": 18, "verse": 40, "reference": "Bg 18.40", "devanagari": "न तदस्ति पृथिव्यां वा दिवि देवेषु वा पुनः\nसत्त्वं प्रकृतिजैर्मुक्तं यदेभिः स्यात्त्रिभिर्गुणैः", "transliteration": "na tad asti pṛthivyāṁ vā\ndivi deveṣu vā punaḥ\nsattvaṁ prakṛti-jair muktaṁ\nyad ebhiḥ syāt tribhir guṇaiḥ", "synonyms": [ { "word": "na", "meanings": [ "not" ] }, { "word": "tat", "meanings": [ "that" ] }, { "word": "asti", "meanings": [ "there is" ] }, { "word": "pṛthivyām", "meanings": [ "within the universe" ] }, { "word": "vā", "meanings": [ "or" ] }, { "word": "divi", "meanings": [ "in the higher planetary system" ] }, { "word": "deveṣu", "meanings": [ "amongst the demigods" ] }, { "word": "vā", "meanings": [ "or" ] }, { "word": "punaḥ", "meanings": [ "again" ] }, { "word": "sattvam", "meanings": [ "existence" ] }, { "word": "prakṛti-jaiḥ", "meanings": [ "under the influence of material nature" ] }, { "word": "muktam", "meanings": [ "liberated" ] }, { "word": "yat", "meanings": [ "that" ] }, { "word": "ebhiḥ", "meanings": [ "by this" ] }, { "word": "syāt", "meanings": [ "so becomes" ] }, { "word": "tribhiḥ", "meanings": [ "by three" ] }, { "word": "guṇaiḥ", "meanings": [ "modes of material nature." ] } ], "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." ] }