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Krishna

18.40 न तदस्ति पृथिव्यां वा दिवि देवेषु वा पुनः।सत्त्वं प्रकृतिजैर्मुक्तं यदेभिः स्यात्ित्रभिर्गुणैः

na tadasti pṛthivyāṃ vā divi deveṣu vā punaḥ | sattvaṃ prakṛtijairmuktaṃ yadebhiḥ syātitrabhirguṇaiḥ

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na—no;tat—that;asti—exists;pṛithivyām—on earth;vā—or;divi—the higher celestial abodes;deveṣhu—amongst the celestial gods;vā—or;punaḥ—again;sattvam—existence;prakṛiti-jaiḥ—born of material nature;muktam—liberated;yat—that;ebhiḥ—from the influence of these;syāt—is;tribhiḥ—three;guṇaiḥ—modes of material nature

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My Personal Gita

Dr. S. Sankaranarayan

Whether on earth or among the gods in heaven, there is not a single being that is free from these three strands born of material nature.

Shri Purohit Swami

There is nothing anywhere on earth or in the higher worlds which is free from the three Qualities - for they are born of Nature.

Swami Adidevananda

There is no creature, either on earth or again among the gods in heaven, that is free from these three Gunas born of Prakrti.

Swami Gambirananda

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.

Swami Sivananda

There is no being on earth or again in heaven among the gods that is liberated from the three qualities born of Nature.

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Krishna

18.42 शमो दमस्तपः शौचं क्षान्तिरार्जवमेव च।ज्ञानं विज्ञानमास्तिक्यं ब्रह्मकर्म स्वभावजम्

śamo damastapaḥ śaucaṃ kṣāntirārjavameva ca | jñānaṃ vijñānamāstikyaṃ brahmakarma svabhāvajam

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śhamaḥ—tranquility;damaḥ—restraint;tapaḥ—austerity;śhaucham—purity;kṣhāntiḥ—patience;ārjavam—integrity;eva—certainly;cha—and;jñānam—knowledge;vijñānam—wisdom;āstikyam—belief in a hereafter;brahma—of the priestly class;karma—work;svabhāva-jam—born of one’s intrinsic qualities

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Dr. S. Sankaranarayan

Quietude, self-control, purity, forbearance, straightforwardness, knowledge, wisdom, and faith in another world are the duties of the Brahmanas, born of their nature.

Shri Purohit Swami

Serenity, self-restraint, austerity, purity, forgiveness, as well as uprightness, knowledge, wisdom and faith in God - these constitute the duty of a spiritual Teacher.

Swami Adidevananda

Control of the senses and the mind, austerity, purity, forbearance, uprightness, knowledge, special knowledge, and faith - all these constitute the duty of Brahmana born of his inherent nature.

Swami Gambirananda

The natural duties of the Brahmanas are the control of the internal and external organs, austerity, purity, forgiveness, straightforwardness, knowledge as also wisdom [Knowledge refers to the understanding of subjects presented by the scriptures; wisdom means making them matters of one's own experience.] and faith.

Swami Sivananda

Serenity, self-restraint, austerity, purity, forgiveness and also uprightness, knowledge, realisation and belief in God are the duties of the Brahmanas, born of (their own) nature.

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18.41 ब्राह्मणक्षत्रियविशां शूद्राणां च परंतप।कर्माणि प्रविभक्तानि स्वभावप्रभवैर्गुणैः

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brāhmaṇa—of the priestly class;kṣhatriya—the warrior and administrative class;viśhām—the mercantile and farming class;śhūdrāṇām—of the worker class;cha—and;parantapa—Arjun, subduer of the enemies;karmāṇi—duties;pravibhaktāni—distributed;svabhāva-prabhavaiḥ-guṇaiḥ—work based on one’s nature and guṇas

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Dr. S. Sankaranarayan

The duties of the Brahmanas, the Kshatriyas, the Vaishyas, and the Shudras are properly classified according to the qualities that are the sources of their nature, O scorcher of foes!

Shri Purohit Swami

O Arjuna! The duties of spiritual teachers, the soldiers, the traders and the servants have all been fixed according to the dominant Quality in their nature.

Swami Adidevananda

The duties of the Brahmanas, Ksatriyas, Vaisyas and the Sudras are clearly divided, O Arjuna, according to Gunas, born of their nature.

Swami Gambirananda

O scorcher of enemies, the duties of the Brahmanas, the Ksatriyas and the Vaisyas, as also of the Sudras have been fully classified according to the gunas born from Nature.

Swami Sivananda

Of Brahmanas, Kshatriyas and Vaishyas, as also the Sudras, O Arjuna, the duties are distributed according to the qualities born of their own nature!

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