न तदस्ति पृथिव्यां वा दिवि देवेषु वा पुनः | सत्त्वं प्रकृतिजैर्मुक्तं यदेभिः स्यात्त्रिभिर्गुणैः
na tadasti pṛthivyāṃ vā divi deveṣu vā punaḥ . sattvaṃ prakṛtijairmuktaṃ yadebhiḥ syāttribhirguṇaiḥ
无论是世间,还是天界诸神之中,都没有任何存在能摆脱这源于原质(自性)的三种德性(古纳)。
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.
德性(古纳)如同织布的经纬线,构成了一切事物的本质。无论是在凡人世界,还是在天界,没有任何生物能摆脱这源于原质(自性)的三种德性(古纳)的束缚。正如没有线就没有布,没有血肉就没有人,没有石头就没有山一样,整个宇宙中也没有任何一个生物的构成不包含这三种物质德性。整个创造界都是由这三种德性编织而成。它们催生了三位一体(梵天、毗湿奴和湿婆)。在凡人世界中,行动者、行动和结果的三重性也源于它们。它们是四种阶层不同职能的根源。在第十五章第一节中,轮回(Samsara)被比作菩提树。这个轮回是由三种德性构成,并由无明的力量维持着。行动、行动的工具和结果使轮回之轮开始转动,并且这个轮子从无始以来就一直在旋转。只有一位获得自我知识的解脱圣者,才能阻止这个轮子,超越因果,并打破业(Karma)的束缚。用不执着的利剑斩断这神秘的轮回之树,超越三种德性,安住于你自身作为存在-知识-至福的绝对神圣本质之中。
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.