न तदस्ति पृथिव्यां वा दिवि देवेषु वा पुनः | सत्त्वं प्रकृतिजैर्मुक्तं यदेभिः स्यात्त्रिभिर्गुणैः
na tadasti pṛthivyāṃ vā divi deveṣu vā punaḥ . sattvaṃ prakṛtijairmuktaṃ yadebhiḥ syāttribhirguṇaiḥ
無論在地上，或在天上眾神之中，沒有任何存在能脫離這三種源於原質 (Prakṛti) 的屬性 (guṇas)。
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.
古納 (Guṇas) 就像布匹中的經緯線一樣，構成萬事萬物。無論是在凡人世界，還是在天界，沒有任何生物能不受這三種原質 (Prakṛti) 屬性的束縛。沒有線，豈能有布？沒有血肉骨骼，豈能有人？沒有石頭，豈能有山？同樣地，在整個宇宙中，沒有任何一個生物的構成不包含這三種物質屬性。整個創造都是由這三種屬性編織而成。它們產生了三位一體 (梵天、毗濕奴和濕婆)。在凡人世界中，行動者、行動和果報的三重性也源於它們。它們是四種種姓不同職能的原因。第十五章第一節將輪迴 (Saṃsāra) 比作菩提樹。這個輪迴是由這三種屬性構成，並由無明的力量維持。行動、行動的工具和果報使輪迴之輪轉動，這個輪迴從無始以來一直在旋轉。只有透過證悟自我 (Ātman) 而獲得解脫的聖者，才能阻止這個輪迴，超越因果，打破業 (Karma) 的束縛。用不執著的堅韌之劍斬斷這神秘的輪迴之樹，超越這三種古納 (Guṇas)，安住於你自身本質的神聖本性，即「存在-知識-至福」的絕對狀態。
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.