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Bhagavad Gita 14.14

By Bhagavan Sri Krishna | Published 08/20/2005
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Text 14

yada sattve pravrddhe tu
pralayam yati deha-bhrt
tadottama-vidam lokan
amalan pratipadyate 

Translation

When one dies in the mode of goodness, he attains to the pure higher planets of the great sages.

Commentary by Srila Prabhupada

One in goodness attains higher planetary systems, like Brahmaloka or Janoloka, and there enjoys godly happiness. The word amalan is significant; it means “free from the modes of passion and ignorance.” There are impurities in the material world, but the mode of goodness is the purest form of existence in the material world. There are different kinds of planets for different kinds of living entities. Those who die in the mode of goodness are elevated to the planets where great sages and great devotees live.

Commentary by Sri Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakur

When a person with a predominance of sattva dies (pralayam yati), he attains the pure worlds of the worshipers of Hiranyagarbha (uttama vidam) and others, worlds which give happiness.

The word uttama vidam means "of those who attain (vindanti) the supreme (uttama)."


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