ऊर्ध्वं गच्छन्ति सत्त्वस्था मध्ये तिष्ठन्ति राजसाः | जघन्यगुणवृत्तिस्था अधो गच्छन्ति तामसाः ||१४-१८||
ūrdhvaṃ gacchanti sattvasthā madhye tiṣṭhanti rājasāḥ . jaghanyaguṇavṛttisthā adho gacchanti tāmasāḥ ||14-18||
- ūrdhvam
- upwards
- gacchanti
- go
- sattva-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
- vṛtti-sthāḥ
- whose occupation
- adhaḥ
- down
- gacchanti
- go
- tāmasāḥ
- persons in the mode of ignorance
- na
- no
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.