For Eternal Beginners
यदा सत्त्वे प्रवृद्धे तु प्रलयम् याति देहभृत् ।
तदा उत्तम विदाम् लोकान् अमलान् प्रतिपद्यते ॥ १४ ॥
yadA sattve pravRddhe tu pralayam yAti dehabhRt |
tadA uttama vidAm lokAn amalAn pratipadyate || 14 ||
यदा [yadA] When देहभृत् [dehabhRt] an owner of a body प्रलयम् याति [pralayam yAti] is resorbed सत्त्वे प्रवृद्धे [sattve pravRddhe] in a predominance of
sattva
, तदा [tadA] then प्रतिपद्यते [pratipadyate] he proceeds to अमलान् लोकान् [amalAn lokAn] unspoilt communities उत्तम विदाम् [uttama vidAm] with supreme knowledge.
When a person encounters death - when the body is resorbed with sattva being predominant, the Self proceeds to a world where awareness is experienced. Such a world has communities that know the true nature of the Self. They are unspoilt by ignorance.
Having died at a time when sattva is predominant, this person is re-born in a community of people who realize the Self. He works in accordance with that birth. His actions lead to the realization of the Self.