Srimad Bhagavatam Canto 11 - Chapter 25

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 11 - Chapter 1 - Verse 19 Sanskrit: एधमाने गुणे सत्त्वे देवानां बलमेधते ।असुराणां च रजसि तमस्युद्धव रक्षसाम् ॥ १९ ॥ ITRANS: edhamāne guṇe sattvedevānāṁ balam edhateasurāṇāṁ ca rajasitamasy uddhava rakṣasām Translation: With the increase of the mode of goodness, the strength of the demigods similarly increases. When passion increases, the demoniac become strong. And with the rise of ignorance, O Uddhava, the strength of the most wicked increases....

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 11 - Chapter 1 - Verse 20 Sanskrit: सत्त्वाज्जागरणं विद्याद् रजसा स्वप्नमादिशेत् ।प्रस्वापं तमसा जन्तोस्तुरीयं त्रिषु सन्ततम् ॥ २० ॥ ITRANS: sattvāj jāgaraṇaṁ vidyādrajasā svapnam ādiśetprasvāpaṁ tamasā jantosturīyaṁ triṣu santatam Translation: It should be understood that alert wakefulness comes from the mode of goodness, sleep with dreaming from the mode of passion, and deep, dreamless sleep from the mode of ignorance. The fourth state of consciousness pervades these three and is transcendental....

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 11 - Chapter 1 - Verse 21 Sanskrit: उपर्युपरि गच्छन्ति सत्त्वेन ब्राह्मणा जना: ।तमसाधोऽध आमुख्याद् रजसान्तरचारिण: ॥ २१ ॥ ITRANS: upary upari gacchantisattvena brāhmaṇā janāḥtamasādho ’dha ā-mukhyādrajasāntara-cāriṇaḥ Translation: Learned persons dedicated to Vedic culture are elevated by the mode of goodness to higher and higher positions. The mode of ignorance, on the other hand, forces one to fall headfirst into lower and lower births. And by the mode of passion one continues transmigrating through human bodies....

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 11 - Chapter 1 - Verse 22 Sanskrit: सत्त्वे प्रलीना: स्वर्यान्ति नरलोकं रजोलया: ।तमोलयास्तु निरयं यान्ति मामेव निर्गुणा: ॥ २२ ॥ ITRANS: sattve pralīnāḥ svar yāntinara-lokaṁ rajo-layāḥtamo-layās tu nirayaṁyānti mām eva nirguṇāḥ Translation: Those who leave this world in the mode of goodness go to the heavenly planets, those who pass away in the mode of passion remain in the world of human beings, and those dying in the mode of ignorance must go to hell....

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 11 - Chapter 1 - Verse 23 Sanskrit: मदर्पणं निष्फलं वा सात्त्विकं निजकर्म तत् ।राजसं फलसङ्कल्पं हिंसाप्रायादि तामसम् ॥ २३ ॥ ITRANS: mad-arpaṇaṁ niṣphalaṁ vāsāttvikaṁ nija-karma tatrājasaṁ phala-saṅkalpaṁhiṁsā-prāyādi tāmasam Translation: Work performed as an offering to Me, without consideration of the fruit, is considered to be in the mode of goodness. Work performed with a desire to enjoy the results is in the mode of passion. And work impelled by violence and envy is in the mode of ignorance....

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 11 - Chapter 1 - Verse 24 Sanskrit: कैवल्यं सात्त्विकं ज्ञानं रजो वैकल्पिकं च यत् ।प्राकृतं तामसं ज्ञानं मन्निष्ठं निर्गुणं स्मृतम् ॥ २४ ॥ ITRANS: kaivalyaṁ sāttvikaṁ jñānaṁrajo vaikalpikaṁ ca yatprākṛtaṁ tāmasaṁ jñānaṁman-niṣṭhaṁ nirguṇaṁ smṛtam Translation: Absolute knowledge is in the mode of goodness, knowledge based on duality is in the mode of passion, and foolish, materialistic knowledge is in the mode of ignorance. Knowledge based upon Me, however, is understood to be transcendental....

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 11 - Chapter 1 - Verse 25 Sanskrit: वनं तु सात्त्विको वासो ग्रामो राजस उच्यते ।तामसं द्यूतसदनं मन्निकेतं तु निर्गुणम् ॥ २५ ॥ ITRANS: vanaṁ tu sāttviko vāsogrāmo rājasa ucyatetāmasaṁ dyūta-sadanaṁman-niketaṁ tu nirguṇam Translation: Residence in the forest is in the mode of goodness, residence in a town is in the mode of passion, residence in a gambling house displays the quality of ignorance, and residence in a place where I reside is transcendental....

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....

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 11 - Chapter 1 - Verse 27 Sanskrit: सात्त्विक्याध्यात्मिकी श्रद्धा कर्मश्रद्धा तु राजसी ।तामस्यधर्मे या श्रद्धा मत्सेवायां तु निर्गुणा ॥ २७ ॥ ITRANS: sāttviky ādhyātmikī śraddhākarma-śraddhā tu rājasītāmasy adharme yā śraddhāmat-sevāyāṁ tu nirguṇā Translation: Faith directed toward spiritual life is in the mode of goodness, faith rooted in fruitive work is in the mode of passion, faith residing in irreligious activities is in the mode of ignorance, but faith in My devotional service is purely transcendental....

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 11 - Chapter 1 - Verse 28 Sanskrit: पथ्यं पूतमनायस्तमाहार्यं सात्त्विकं स्मृतम् ।राजसं चेन्द्रियप्रेष्ठं तामसं चार्तिदाशुचि ॥ २८ ॥ ITRANS: pathyaṁ pūtam anāyastamāhāryaṁ sāttvikaṁ smṛtamrājasaṁ cendriya-preṣṭhaṁtāmasaṁ cārti-dāśuci Translation: Food that is wholesome, pure and obtained without difficulty is in the mode of goodness, food that gives immediate pleasure to the senses is in the mode of passion, and food that is unclean and causes distress is in the mode of ignorance....

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 11 - Chapter 1 - Verse 29 Sanskrit: सात्त्विकं सुखमात्मोत्थं विषयोत्थं तु राजसम् ।तामसं मोहदैन्योत्थं निर्गुणं मदपाश्रयम् ॥ २९ ॥ ITRANS: sāttvikaṁ sukham ātmotthaṁviṣayotthaṁ tu rājasamtāmasaṁ moha-dainyotthaṁnirguṇaṁ mad-apāśrayam Translation: Happiness derived from the self is in the mode of goodness, happiness based on sense gratification is in the mode of passion, and happiness based on delusion and degradation is in the mode of ignorance. But that happiness found within Me is transcendental....

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 11 - Chapter 1 - Verse 30 Sanskrit: द्रव्यं देश: फलं कालो ज्ञानं कर्म च कारक: ।श्रद्धावस्थाकृतिर्निष्ठा त्रैगुण्य: सर्व एव हि ॥ ३० ॥ ITRANS: dravyaṁ deśaḥ phalaṁ kālojñānaṁ karma ca kārakaḥśraddhāvasthākṛtir niṣṭhātrai-guṇyaḥ sarva eva hi Translation: Therefore material substance, place, result of activity, time, knowledge, work, the performer of work, faith, state of consciousness, species of life and destination after death are all based on the three modes of material nature....

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 11 - Chapter 1 - Verse 31 Sanskrit: सर्वे गुणमया भावा: पुरुषाव्यक्तधिष्ठिता: ।द‍ृष्टं श्रुतमनुध्यातं बुद्ध्या वा पुरुषर्षभ ॥ ३१ ॥ ITRANS: sarve guṇa-mayā bhāvāḥpuruṣāvyakta-dhiṣṭhitāḥdṛṣṭaṁ śrutam anudhyātaṁbuddhyā vā puruṣarṣabha Translation: O best of human beings, all states of material being are related to the interaction of the enjoying soul and material nature. Whether seen, heard of or only conceived within the mind, they are without exception constituted of the modes of nature....

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 11 - Chapter 1 - Verse 32 Sanskrit: एता: संसृतय: पुंसो गुणकर्मनिबन्धना: ।येनेमे निर्जिता: सौम्य गुणा जीवेन चित्तजा: ।भक्तियोगेन मन्निष्ठो मद्भ‍ावाय प्रपद्यते ॥ ३२ ॥ ITRANS: etāḥ saṁsṛtayaḥ puṁsoguṇa-karma-nibandhanāḥyeneme nirjitāḥ saumyaguṇā jīvena citta-jāḥbhakti-yogena man-niṣṭhomad-bhāvāya prapadyate Translation: O gentle Uddhava, all these different phases of conditioned life arise from work born of the modes of material nature. The living entity who conquers these modes, manifested from the mind, can dedicate himself to Me by the process of devotional service and thus attain pure love for Me....

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 11 - Chapter 1 - Verse 33 Sanskrit: तस्माद् देहमिमं लब्ध्वा ज्ञानविज्ञानसम्भवम् ।गुणसङ्गं विनिर्धूय मां भजन्तु विचक्षणा: ॥ ३३ ॥ ITRANS: tasmād deham imaṁ labdhvājñāna-vijñāna-sambhavamguṇa-saṅgaṁ vinirdhūyamāṁ bhajantu vicakṣaṇāḥ Translation: Therefore, having achieved this human form of life, which allows one to develop full knowledge, those who are intelligent should free themselves from all contamination of the modes of nature and engage exclusively in loving service to Me. Purport: