# Bg. 18.40 > न तदस्ति पृथिव्यां वा दिवि देवेषु वा पुनः । > सत्त्वं प्रकृतिजैर्मुक्तं यदेभिः स्यात्त्रिभिर्गुणैः ॥४०॥ ## Text > na tad asti pṛthivyāṁ vā > divi deveṣu vā punaḥ > sattvaṁ prakṛti-jair muktaṁ > yad ebhiḥ syāt tribhir guṇaiḥ ## Synonyms *na*—not; *tat*—that; *asti*—there is; *pṛthivyām*—within the universe; *vā*—or; *divi*—in the higher planetary system; *deveṣu*—amongst the demigods; *vā*—or; *punaḥ*—again; *sattvam*—existence; *prakṛti*-*jaiḥ*—under the influence of material nature; *muktam*—liberated; *yat*—that; *ebhiḥ*—by this; *syāt*—so becomes; *tribhiḥ*—by three; *guṇaiḥ*—modes of material nature. ## Translation **There is no being existing, either here or among the demigods in the higher planetary systems, which is freed from the three modes of material nature.** ## Purport The Lord here summarizes the total influence of the three modes of material nature all over the universe.