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GĪTĀ, TRANSLATION & COMMENTARY, CH. XVIII 1193
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सत्त्वं प्रकृतिजैमुक्तं यदेभिः स्यात्त्रिभिर्गुणैः॥४०॥ Pātañjala-Yoga-it (the Reason) becomes happy (prasanna); and man experiences true and intense happiness. For an explanation about the superiority of Metaphysical happiness, the reader is referred to the end of Chapter V of the Gītā-Rahasya (pp. 155 to 160). The Blessed Lord now explains in a general way that this three-fold difference is to be found everywhere in the world
(40) There is nothing on this earth or in the firmament, or in the gods (that is, in the abode of the gods), which is smukta' (that is, free) from these three constituents of Prakrti.
[From stanza 18 upto here, the Blessed Lord has explained the different kinds of jñāna, karma, kartā, buddhi, dhrti, and sukha; and placed before the eyes of Arjuna, a picture of how diversity arises in the entire world as a result of the difference between the three constituents of Prakrti; and He has thereby proved, that in the case of each of these various things, the sättvika variety is the best and the most acceptable. The highest stage in even these sāttvika varieties, is known as the 'triguņātītāvasthā' (the state of being beyond the three constituents). That,
trigunātita' or ' nirguna' is not a fourth and independent division according to the Gitā, has been explained by me in Chapter VII of the Gītā-Rahasya (pp. 227, 228); and following the same argument, the sātt vika condition is also sub-divided in the Manu-Smrti into uttama (best), madhyama (medium) and kanıstha (inferior); and *uttama sättvika', is said to be productive of Release, and * madhyama sättvika' is said to be productive of heaven (Manu. 12. 48-50 and 89-91). To proceed: this finishes the description of the diversity of Prakrti in the world. The Blessed Lord now explains how the arrangement of the four classes has been made on the basis of this division of constituents. It has been stated over and over again, that it is the duty of every one in this world to perform all the
