Verses - Modes of nature

Bhagavad-Gītā 13.20

"Material nature and the living entities should be understood to be beginningless. Their transformations and the modes of matter are products of material nature." https://vedy.online/en/bg/13/20/

Bhagavad-Gītā 13.21-22

"Nature is said to be the cause of all material causes and effects, whereas the living entity is the cause of the various sufferings and enjoyments in this world." "The living entity in material nature thus follows the ways of life, enjoying the three modes of nature. This is due to his association with that material nature. Thus he meets with good and evil among various species." https://vedy.online/en/bg/13/21/ & https://vedy.online/en/bg/13/22/

Bhagavad-Gītā 13.24

"One who understands this philosophy concerning material nature, the living entity and the interaction of the modes of nature is sure to attain liberation. He will not take birth here again, regardless of his present position." https://vedy.online/en/bg/13/24/

Bhagavad-Gītā 13.27 & 30 & 32

"O chief of the Bhāratas, know that whatever you see in existence, both the moving and the nonmoving, is only a combination of the field of activities and the knower of the field." "One who can see that all activities are performed by the body, which is created of material nature, and sees that the self does nothing, actually sees." "Those with the vision of eternity can see that the imperishable soul is transcendental, eternal, and beyond the modes of nature. Despite contact with the material body, O Arjuna, the soul neither does anything nor is entangled." https://vedy.online/en/bg/13/27/ & https://vedy.online/en/bg/13/30/ & https://vedy.online/en/bg/13/32/

Bhagavad-Gītā 14.3-4

"The total material substance, called Brahman, is the source of birth, and it is that Brahman that I impregnate, making possible the births of all living beings, O son of Bharata." "It should be understood that all species of life, O son of Kuntī, are made possible by birth in this material nature, and that I am the seed-giving father." https://vedy.online/en/bg/14/3/ & https://vedy.online/en/bg/14/4/

Bhagavad-Gītā 14.5,9,10

"Material nature consists of three modes – goodness, passion and ignorance. When the eternal living entity comes in contact with nature, O mighty-armed Arjuna, he becomes conditioned by these modes." "O son of Bharata, the mode of goodness conditions one to happiness; passion conditions one to fruitive action; and ignorance, covering one’s knowledge, binds one to madness." "Sometimes the mode of goodness becomes prominent, defeating the modes of passion and ignorance, O son of Bharata. Sometimes the mode of passion defeats goodness and ignorance, and at other times ignorance defeats goodness and passion. In this way there is always competition for supremacy." https://vedy.online/en/bg/14/5/ & https://vedy.online/en/bg/14/9/ & https://vedy.online/en/bg/14/10/

Bhagavad-Gītā 14.6,7,8

"O sinless one, the mode of goodness, being purer than the others, is illuminating, and it frees one from all sinful reactions. Those situated in that mode become conditioned by a sense of happiness and knowledge." "The mode of passion is born of unlimited desires and longings, O son of Kuntī, and because of this the embodied living entity is bound to material fruitive actions." "O son of Bharata, know that the mode of darkness, born of ignorance, is the delusion of all embodied living entities. The results of this mode are madness, indolence and sleep, which bind the conditioned soul." https://vedy.online/en/bg/14/6/ & https://vedy.online/en/bg/14/7/ & https://vedy.online/en/bg/14/8/

Bhagavad-Gītā 14.11-13

"The manifestation of the mode of goodness can be experienced when all the gates of the body are illuminated by knowledge." "O chief of the Bhāratas, when there is an increase in the mode of passion the symptoms of great attachment, fruitive activity, intense endeavor, and uncontrollable desire and hankering develop." "When there is an increase in the mode of ignorance, O son of Kuru, darkness, inertia, madness and illusion are manifested." https://vedy.online/en/bg/14/11/ & https://vedy.online/en/bg/14/12/ & https://vedy.online/en/bg/14/13/

Bhagavad-Gītā 14.14-15

"When one dies in the mode of goodness, he attains to the pure higher planets of the great sages." "When one dies in the mode of passion, he takes birth among those engaged in fruitive activities; and when one dies in the mode of ignorance, he takes birth in the animal kingdom." https://vedy.online/en/bg/14/14/ & https://vedy.online/en/bg/14/15/

Bhagavad-Gītā 14.16-17

"The result of pious action is pure and is said to be in the mode of goodness. But action done in the mode of passion results in misery, and action performed in the mode of ignorance results in foolishness." "From the mode of goodness, real knowledge develops; from the mode of passion, greed develops; and from the mode of ignorance develop foolishness, madness and illusion." https://vedy.online/en/bg/14/16/ & https://vedy.online/en/bg/14/17/

Bhagavad-Gītā 14.18

"Those situated in the mode of goodness gradually go upward to the higher planets; those in the mode of passion live on the earthly planets; and those in the abominable mode of ignorance go down to the hellish worlds." https://vedy.online/en/bg/14/18/

Bhagavad-Gītā 14.19-20

"When one properly sees that in all activities no other performer is at work than these modes of nature and he knows the Supreme Lord, who is transcendental to all these modes, he attains My spiritual nature." "When the embodied being is able to transcend these three modes associated with the material body, he can become free from birth, death, old age and their distresses and can enjoy nectar even in this life." https://vedy.online/en/bg/14/19/ & https://vedy.online/en/bg/14/20/