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Bhagavad Gītā 14.14

BG 14.14

यदा सत्त्वे प्रवृद्धे तु प्रलयं याति देहभृत्।तदोत्तमविदां लोकानमलान्प्रतिपद्यते

yadā sattve pravṛiddhe tu pralayaṁ yāti deha-bhṛit tadottama-vidāṁ lokān amalān pratipadyate

When purity prevails, the soul, upon leaving the body, passes on to the pure regions where those who know the Highest reside.

Translated by Shri Purohit Swami

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

Translated by Swami Sivananda

Word meanings (from the gita/gita dataset)

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;

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Cite as: Bhagavad Gītā 14.14, in HREEM (hreem.cc/library/BG/14.14), after https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/gh/gita/gita@main (gita/gita on GitHub, Unlicense).

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