Bhagavad Gita: Chapter 14, Verse 14

Sanskrit Verse

यदा सत्त्वे प्रवृद्धे तु प्रलयं याति देहभृत्।तदोत्तमविदां लोकानमलान्प्रतिपद्यते।।14.14।।

Transliteration

yadā sattve pravṛiddhe tu pralayaṁ yāti deha-bhṛit

tadottama-vidāṁ lokān amalān pratipadyate

Word meanings

yadā—when; sattve—in the mode of goodness; pravṛiddhe—when premodinates; tu—indeed; pralayam—death; yāti—reach; deha-bhṛit—the embodied; tadā—then; uttama-vidām—of the learned; lokān—abodes; amalān—pure; pratipadyate—attains;

Swami Sivananda's translation

If the embodied one meets death when Sattva is predominant, then they attain the spotless worlds of the knowers of the Highest.

Chapter link: Gita Chapter 14

Related Gunas: Sattva