Chapter 14 Verse 18 of 27

• ūrdhvaḿ gacchanti sattva-sthā
• madhye tiṣṭhanti rājasāḥ
• jaghanya-guṇa-vṛtti-sthā
• adho gacchanti tāmasāḥ

Translation

Those situated in the mode of goodness gradually go upward to the higher planets; those in the mode of passion live on the earthly planets; and those in the abominable mode of ignorance go down to the hellish worlds.

Synonyms

• ūrdhvam

  upwards

• gacchanti

  go

• sthāḥ

  those situated in the mode of goodness

• madhye

  in the middle

• tiṣṭhanti

  dwell

• rājasāḥ

  those situated in the mode of passion

• jaghanya

  of abominable

• guṇa

  quality

• sthāḥ

  whose occupation

• adhaḥ

  down

• gacchanti

  go

• tāmasāḥ

  persons in the mode of ignorance.

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