आत्यन्तिकेन सत्त्वेन दिवं देवा: प्रपेदिरे । धरां रज:स्वभावेन पणयो ये च ताननु ॥ २८ ॥
atyantikena sattvena divam devah prapedire dharam rajah-svabhavena panayo ye ca tan anu
- atyantikena
- excessive
- sattvena
- by the mode of goodness
- divam
- in the higher planes
- devah
- the demigods
- prapedire
- have been situated
- dharam
- on the earth
- rajah
- the mode of passion
- svabhavena
- by nature
- panayah
- the human being
- ye
- all those
- ca
- also
- tan
- their
- anu
- subordinate.
The demigods, qualified by the superexcellent quality of the mode of goodness, are situated in the heavenly planes, whereas the human beings, because of their nature in the mode of passion, live on the earth in company with their subordinates.