Verses - Modes of nature

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 11.25.19

"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." https://vedy.online/en/sb11/25/19

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 11.25.22

"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. But those who are free from the influence of all modes of nature come to Me." https://vedy.online/en/sb11/25/22

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 11.25.24

"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." https://vedy.online/en/sb11/25/24

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 11.25.30-31

"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." "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." https://vedy.online/en/sb11/25/30 & https://vedy.online/en/sb11/25/31

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 11.25.34-36

"A wise sage, free from all material association and unbewildered, should subdue his senses and worship Me. He should conquer the modes of passion and ignorance by engaging himself only with things in the mode of goodness." "Then, being fixed in devotional service, the sage should also conquer the material mode of goodness by indifference toward the modes. Thus pacified within his mind, the spirit soul, freed from the modes of nature, gives up the very cause of his conditioned life and attains Me." "Freed from the subtle conditioning of the mind and from the modes of nature born of material consciousness, the living entity becomes completely satisfied by experiencing My transcendental form. He no longer searches for enjoyment in the external energy, nor does he contemplate or remember such enjoyment within himself." https://vedy.online/en/sb11/25/34 & https://vedy.online/en/sb11/25/35 & https://vedy.online/en/sb11/25/36

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 12.3.26-30

"The material modes — goodness, passion and ignorance — whose permutations are observed within a person’s mind, are set into motion by the power of time." "When there is a predominance of cheating, lying, sloth, sleepiness, violence, depression, lamentation, bewilderment, fear and poverty, that age is Kali, the age of the mode of ignorance." https://vedy.online/en/sb12/3/26 & https://vedy.online/en/sb12/3/30

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 12.5.7

"A lamp functions as such only by the combination of its fuel, vessel, wick and fire. Similarly, material life, based on the soul’s identification with the body, is developed and destroyed by the workings of material goodness, passion and ignorance, which are the constituent elements of the body." https://vedy.online/en/sb12/5/7

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 12.7.11

"From the agitation of the original modes within the unmanifest material nature, the mahat-tattva arises. From the mahat-tattva comes the element false ego, which divides into three aspects. This threefold false ego further manifests as the subtle forms of perception, as the senses and as the gross sense objects. The generation of all these is called creation." https://vedy.online/en/sb12/7/11

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 12.8.45

"O my Lord, O supreme friend of the conditioned soul, although for the creation, maintenance and annihilation of this world You accept the modes of goodness, passion and ignorance, which constitute Your illusory potency, You specifically employ the mode of goodness to liberate the conditioned souls. The other two modes simply bring them suffering, illusion and fear." https://vedy.online/en/sb12/8/45

Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta - Ādi-līlā 5.85-87

"Although the Lord is the shelter of everything and although all the universes rest in Him, He, as the Supersoul, is also the support of everything." "Although He is thus connected with the material energy in two ways, He does not have the slightest contact with it." "“This is the opulence of the Lord. Although situated within the material nature, He is never affected by the modes of nature. Similarly, those who have surrendered to Him and have fixed their intelligence upon Him are not influenced by the modes of nature.”" Śrī caitanya-caritāmṛta Ādi 5.85 & 5.86 & 5.87

Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta - Madhya-līlā 20.114-115

"“ ‘O King, the kṣetra-jña-śakti is the living entity. Although he has the facility to live in either the material or the spiritual world, he suffers the threefold miseries of material existence because he is influenced by the avidyā [nescience] potency, which covers his constitutional position." "“ ‘This living entity, covered by the influence of nescience, exists in different forms in the material condition. O King, he is thus proportionately freed from the influence of the material energy, to greater or lesser degrees.’" Śrī caitanya-caritāmṛta Madhya 20.114 & 115