Adhyāya 39 — त्रिगुणविवेकः (Discrimination of the Three Guṇas) and Avyakta-Doctrine
त्रिधा दानानि दीयन्ते त्रिधा यज्ञ: प्रवर्तते । त्रिधा लोकास्त्रिधा देवास्त्रिधा विद्यास्त्रिधा गति:,गुणोंके भेदसे तीन प्रकारसे दान दिये जाते हैं। तीन प्रकारका यज्ञानुष्ठान होता है। लोक, देव, विद्या और गति भी तीन-तीन प्रकारकी होती है
tridhā dānāni dīyante tridhā yajñaḥ pravartate | tridhā lokās tridhā devās tridhā vidyās tridhā gatiḥ ||
風神ヴァーユは言った。「施しは三つの様式により与えられ、祭祀(ヤジュニャ yajña)もまた三つの様式により執り行われる。同様に、世界は三種、神々も三種、知は三種、そして魂の赴く道・到達(ガティ gati)も三種である。」
वायुदेव उवाच
Human religious and ethical life is shaped by a threefold classification (implicitly the three guṇas). Giving (dāna) and sacrifice (yajña) are not morally uniform; their quality varies, and that variation corresponds to different kinds of knowledge and different spiritual outcomes (gati).
Vāyu-deva is instructing the listener by laying down a doctrinal framework: many key domains—charity, sacrifice, cosmological realms, divine orders, branches of knowledge, and final attainments—are described as threefold, preparing for or summarizing a guṇa-based ethical evaluation of actions.