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.