Text 4 July
Conclusion—The Perfection of Benunciation
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eral happiness in the beginning and at the end distress, but for the person in the mode of ignorance there is only distress both in the beginning and at the end
TEXT 40
न तदस्ति पृथिव्यां वा दिवि देवेषु वा पुनः। 
    सत्त्वं प्रकृतिजैर्मुक्तं यदेभिः स्यात्रिभिर्गुणैः ॥४०॥
na tad asti prthivyām vā divi deveṣu vā punaḥ sattvam prakṛti-jair muktam yad ebhih syāt tribhir gunaih
na —not;  tat —that;  asti —there is;  pṛthivyām —within the universe;  vā —or;  divi —in the higher planetary system;  deveṣu —amongst the demigods;  vā —or;  punaḥ —again;  sattvam —existence;  prakṛti-jaiḥ —under the influence of material nature;  muktam —liberated;  yat —that;  ebhiḥ —by this;  syāt —so becomes;  tribhiḥ —by three;  guṇaih —modes of material nature.
TRANSLATION
There is no being existing, either here or among the demigods in the higher planetary systems, which is freed from the three modes of material nature.
PURPORT
The Lord here summarizes the total influence of the three modes of material nature all over the universe.
TEXT 4.1
ब्राह्मणक्षत्रियविशां शूद्राणां च परंतप ।
कर्माणि प्रविभक्तानि स्वभावप्रभवैर्गुणैः ॥४१॥
brāhmaṇa-kṣatriya-viśāṁ śūdrāṇāṁ ca parantapa karmāṇi pravibhaktāni svabhāva-prabhavair guṇaiḥ