Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 11 - Chapter 1 - Verse 26


Sanskrit:

सात्त्विक: कारकोऽसङ्गी रागान्धो राजस: स्मृत: ।तामस: स्मृतिविभ्रष्टो निर्गुणो मदपाश्रय: ॥ २६ ॥

ITRANS:

sāttvikaḥ kārako ’saṅgīrāgāndho rājasaḥ smṛtaḥtāmasaḥ smṛti-vibhraṣṭonirguṇo mad-apāśrayaḥ

Translation:

A worker free of attachment is in the mode of goodness, a worker blinded by personal desire is in the mode of passion, and a worker who has completely forgotten how to tell right from wrong is in the mode of ignorance. But a worker who has taken shelter of Me is understood to be transcendental to the modes of nature.

Purport:

A transcendental worker performs his activities in strict accordance with the directions of Lord Kṛṣṇa and the Lord’s bona fide representatives. Taking shelter of the Lord’s guidance, such a worker remains transcendental to the material modes of nature.