न तदस्ति पृथिव्यां वा दिवि देवेषु वा पुनः । सत्त्वं प्रकृतिजैर्मुक्तं यदेभिः स्यात्त्रिभिर्गुणैः ॥ ४० ॥
na tad asti pṛithivyāṁ vā divi deveṣhu vā punaḥ sattvaṁ prakṛiti-jair muktaṁ yad ebhiḥ syāt tribhir guṇaiḥ
Translation
There is no being on earth, or in heaven among the gods, that is free from these three gunas born of prakriti.
Hindi Meaning (हिंदी अर्थ)
पृथ्वी पर, स्वर्ग में अथवा देवताओं में भी ऐसा कोई प्राणी नहीं है जो प्रकृति से उत्पन्न इन तीनों गुणों से मुक्त हो।
Commentary
The long survey ends with a sweeping statement: everything in creation, even the gods, is shaped by the three gunas. No one is simply "good" or "bad"; everyone is a mixture. The only way beyond them, as 14.26 said, is devotion to what lies beyond nature.
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