TEXT 40: na tad asti prithivyam va divi deveshu va punah sattvam prakriti-jair muktam yad ebhih syat tribhir gunaih TRANSLATION: There is no being existing, either here or among the demigods in the higher planetary systems, which is freed from these three modes born of material nature. PURPORT: The Lord here summarizes the total influence of the three modes of material nature all over the universe. TEXT 41: brahmana-kshatriya-visam sudranam ca parantapa karmani pravibhaktani svabhava-prabhavair gunaih TRANSLATION: Brahmanas, kshatriyas, vaisyas and sudras are distinguished by the qualities born of their own natures in accordance with the material modes, O chastiser of the enemy. TEXT 42: samo damas tapah saucam kshantir arjavam eva ca jnanam vijnanam astikyam brahma-karma svabhava-jam TRANSLATION: Peacefulness, self-control, austerity, purity, tolerance, honesty, knowledge, wisdom and religiousness—these are the natural qualities by which the brahmanas work. | 
