न तदस्ति पृथिव्यां वा दिवि देवेषु वा पुनः | सत्त्वं प्रकृतिजैर्मुक्तं यदेभिः स्यात्त्रिभिर्गुणैः
na tadasti pṛthivyāṃ vā divi deveṣu vā punaḥ . sattvaṃ prakṛtijairmuktaṃ yadebhiḥ syāttribhirguṇaiḥ
ഭൂമിയിലോ സ്വർഗ്ഗത്തിലെ ദേവന്മാരിലോ പ്രകൃതിയിൽ നിന്ന് ജനിച്ച ഈ മൂന്ന് ഗുണങ്ങളിൽ നിന്ന് മുക്തമായ ഒരു വസ്തുവും നിലവിലില്ല.
There is no such entity in the world or, again, among the gods in heaven, which can be free from these three gunas born of Nature.
സത്വ, രജസ്, തമസ് എന്നീ മൂന്ന് ഗുണങ്ങൾ പ്രകൃതിയിൽ നിന്ന് ഉത്ഭവിക്കുന്നവയാണ്. ഈ ഗുണങ്ങളുടെ സ്വാധീനത്തിൽ നിന്ന് മുക്തമായ ഒരു ജീവിയോ വസ്തുവോ ഈ ലോകത്തോ ദേവലോകത്തോ ഇല്ല. സർവ്വ ചരാചരങ്ങളും ഈ ഗുണങ്ങളാൽ ബന്ധിക്കപ്പെട്ടിരിക്കുന്നു.
The Gunas form the warp and woof of everything as threads do in the case of cloth.Here in the world of mortals or there in the heavenworld? there is no creature that is not bound by the three alities of Nature. Can there be a cloth without threads Can there be a man without blood and bones Can there be a mountain without stones Even so there is not a single creature in the whole universe into whose composition the three alities of matter do not enter. The whole of creation is wrought of these three alities. They have given rise to the Trinity (Brahma? Vishnu and Siva). In the world of mortals the triplicity of agent? action and fruit owe their origin to them. They are the cause of the different functions of the four castes. This Samsara has been compared to the peepul tree in chapter XV.1. This Samsara is made up of the three alities and is kept up by the force of ignorance.Action? instruments of action and fruits have set the wheel of Samsara in motion and this wheel is revolving from beginningless time. It is only a liberated sage who has attained knowledge of the Self who puts a check to this wheel? goes beyond the cause and the effect? and breaks the bonds of Karma.Cut this mysterious tree of Samsara with the strong sword of nonattachment? transcend the three Gunas and rest in your own essential divine nature as ExistenceKnowledgeBliss Absolute.