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sarva-dvāreṣu dehe ’smin prakāśa upajāyate jñānaṁ yadā tadā vidyād vivṛddhaṁ sattvam ity uta

The manifestation of the mode of goodness can be experienced when all the gates of the body are illuminated by …

There are nine gates in the body: two eyes, two ears, two nostrils, the mouth, the genitals and the anus. …

lobhaḥ pravṛttir ārambhaḥ karmaṇām aśamaḥ spṛhā rajasy etāni jāyante vivṛddhe bharatarṣabha

O chief of the Bhāratas, when there is an increase in the mode of passion the symptoms of great attachment, …

One in the mode of passion is never satisfied with the position he has already acquired; he hankers to increase …

aprakāśo ’pravṛttiś ca pramādo moha eva ca tamasy etāni jāyante vivṛddhe kuru-nandana

When there is an increase in the mode of ignorance, O son of Kuru, darkness, inertia, madness and illusion are …

When there is no illumination, knowledge is absent. One in the mode of ignorance does not work by a regulative …

yadā sattve pravṛddhe tu pralayaṁ yāti deha-bhṛt tadottama-vidāṁ lokān amalān pratipadyate

When one dies in the mode of goodness, he attains to the pure higher planets of the great sages.

One in goodness attains higher planetary systems, like Brahmaloka or Janaloka, and there enjoys godly happiness. The word amalān is …

rajasi pralayaṁ gatvā karma-saṅgiṣu jāyate tathā pralīnas tamasi mūḍha-yoniṣu jāyate

When one dies in the mode of passion, he takes birth among those engaged in fruitive activities; and when one …

Some people have the impression that when the soul reaches the platform of human life it never goes down again. …

karmaṇaḥ sukṛtasyāhuḥ sāttvikaṁ nirmalaṁ phalam rajasas tu phalaṁ duḥkham ajñānaṁ tamasaḥ phalam

The result of pious action is pure and is said to be in the mode of goodness. But action done …

The result of pious activities in the mode of goodness is pure. Therefore the sages, who are free from all …

As far as the mode of ignorance is concerned, the performer is without knowledge, and therefore all his activities result …

namo brahmaṇya-devāya go-brāhmaṇa-hitāya ca jagad-dhitāya kṛṣṇāya govindāya namo namaḥ