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sattvaṁ rajas tama iti prakṛter guṇās tair yuktaḥ paraḥ puruṣa eka ihāsya dhatte sthity-ādaye hari-viriñci-hareti saṁjñāḥ śreyāṁsi tatra khalu sattva-tanor …

[SB 1.2.23]

The material creation, mahat-tattva... Sa īkṣata, as it is said in the Vedic literature, simply by glancing over the material …

So actually, Brahmā, Viṣṇu, Maheśvara, they are the principal directors of the three guṇas. Therefore Brahmā, Viṣṇu, Maheśvara, they are …

So on account of the three guṇas, there are three types of Vedic literature. Not directly śruti, but smṛti, the …

Tadā rajas-tamo-bhāvāḥ kāma-lobhādayaś ca ye [SB 1.2.19]. The whole material world is going on, impelled by..., impelled by rajo-guṇa and …

For this reason, śāstra says in this age most people are śūdras because there is scarcity of sattva-guṇa and rajo-guṇa. …

So now vaiśyas, they have got big, big factories, they can maintain big, big factories, but they cannot maintain a …

Mostly people are śūdras. Śūdras, less intelligent. They cannot understand. Mūḍha. Less intelligent means mūḍha. The symbol of less intelligence …

na māṁ duṣkṛtino mūḍhāḥ prapadyante narādhamāḥ māyayāpahṛta-jñānā āsuraṁ bhāvam āśritāḥ

[Bg. 7.15]

So the guṇas, three guṇas, sattva-guṇa, rajo-guṇa, tamo-guṇa, that is going on since the creation. So here it is said, …

So for controlling these three guṇas, they have taken charge. Viṣṇu is in charge of sattva-guṇa, and Brahmā is in …

Now, for our..., solving our problems... What is our problem? That we do not know. There is a great problem. …

In Western countries, when I speak, these questions are raised and they are so callous, they say, "Never mind next …

By God's grace, nature has sufficiently given opportunity for enjoying these things = eating, sleeping, mating and defending. Just like …

So these things, śāstra says, viṣayaḥ khalu sarvataḥ syāt [SB 11.9.29]. These necessities of life, they can be obtained in …

And we are wandering = sometimes downwards, sometimes outwards, sometimes poor, sometimes rich, sometimes man, sometimes dog, sometimes tree, sometimes …

Here it is, also, it is said, śreyāṁsi tatra khalu sattva-tanor nṛṇāṁ syuḥ. If we want our ultimate goal, ultimate …

That will be explained in the next verse = pārthivād dāruṇo dhūmas tasmād agnis trayīmayaḥ [SB 1.2.24]. Just like earth …