न तदस्ति पृथिव्यां वा दिवि देवेषु वा पुनः ।सत्त्वं प्रकृतिजैर्मुक्तं यदेभिः स्यात्त्रिभिर्गुणैः ॥
na tad asti pṛthivyāṃ vā divi deveṣu vā punaḥ |sattvaṃ prakṛtijair muktaṃ yad ebhiḥ syāt tribhir guṇaiḥ ||
- न · na
- not
- तत् · tat
- that
- अस्ति · asti
- exists
- पृथिव्याम् · pṛthivyām
- on earth
- दिवि · divi
- in heaven
- देवेषु · deveṣu
- among the gods
- सत्त्वम् · sattvam
- being
- प्रकृतिजैः · prakṛtijaiḥ
- born of nature
- मुक्तम् · muktam
- free
- यत् · yat
- which
- एभिः · ebhiḥ
- by these
- त्रिभिः · tribhiḥ
- three
- गुणैः · guṇaiḥ
- guṇas
“There is no being on earth, nor among the gods in heaven, free from these three guṇas born of nature.”
— Original plain-language translation
The catalogue closes with universality: everything in nature, even the gods, is woven of the three strands. No one escapes classification — which is why the teaching matters to everyone. Freedom lies not outside the guṇas' range but in rising above them (14.26, and 18.54 ahead).
— Reader's notes (original)