Verses - Modes of nature

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 10.47.29

"The Supreme Lord said: You are never actually separated from Me, for I am the Soul of all creation. Just as the elements of nature — ether, air, fire, water and earth — are present in every created thing, so I am present within everyone’s mind, life air and senses, and also within the physical elements and the modes of material nature." https://vedy.online/en/sb10/47/29

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 10.63.38

"You are the original person, one without a second, transcendental and self-manifesting. Uncaused, you are the cause of all, and You are the ultimate controller. You are nonetheless perceived in terms of the transformations of matter effected by Your illusory energy — transformations You sanction so that the various material qualities can fully manifest." https://vedy.online/en/sb10/63/38

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 10.63.39

"O almighty one, just as the sun, though hidden by a cloud, illuminates the cloud and all other visible forms as well, so You, although hidden by the material qualities, remain self-luminous and thus reveal all those qualities, along with the living entities who possess them." https://vedy.online/en/sb10/63/39

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 10.85.24-25

"The supreme spirit, Paramātmā, is indeed one. He is self-luminous and eternal, transcendental and devoid of material qualities. But through the agency of the very modes He has created, the one Supreme Truth manifests as many among the expansions of those modes." "The elements of ether, air, fire, water and earth become visible, invisible, minute or extensive as they manifest in various objects. Similarly, the Paramātmā, though one, appears to become many." https://vedy.online/en/sb10/85/24 & https://vedy.online/en/sb10/85/25

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 11.3.4-5

"The Supersoul enters the material bodies of the created beings, activates the mind and senses, and thus causes the conditioned souls to approach the three modes of material nature for sense gratification." "The individual living being, the master of the material body, uses his material senses, which have been activated by the Supersoul, to try to enjoy sense objects composed of the three modes of nature. Thus he misidentifies the created material body with the unborn eternal self and becomes entangled in the illusory energy of the Lord." https://vedy.online/en/sb11/3/4 & https://vedy.online/en/sb11/3/5

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 11.9.19-20

"O subduer of the enemies, at the time of creation the Personality of Godhead expands His own transcendental potency in the form of time, and agitating His material energy, māyā, composed of the three modes of material nature, He creates the mahat-tattva." "According to great sages, that which is the basis of the three modes of material nature and which manifests the variegated universe is called the sūtra or mahat-tattva. Indeed, this universe is resting within that mahat-tattva, and due to its potency the living entity undergoes material existence." https://vedy.online/en/sb11/9/19 & https://vedy.online/en/sb11/9/20

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 11.10.13

"By submissively hearing from an expert spiritual master, the expert disciple develops pure knowledge, which repels the onslaught of material illusion arising from the three modes of material nature. Finally this pure knowledge itself ceases, just as fire ceases when the stock of fuel has been consumed." https://vedy.online/en/sb11/10/13

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 11.10.21

"That material happiness of which we hear, such as promotion to heavenly planets for celestial enjoyment, is just like that material happiness we have already experienced. Both are polluted by jealousy, envy, decay and death. Therefore, just as an attempt to raise crops becomes fruitless if there are many problems like crop disease, insect plague or drought, similarly, the attempt to attain material happiness, either on earth or on the heavenly planets, is always fruitless because of innumerable obstacles." https://vedy.online/en/sb11/10/21

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 11.10.31

"The material senses create material activities, either pious or sinful, and the modes of nature set the material senses into motion. The living entity, being fully engaged by the material senses and modes of nature, experiences the various results of fruitive work." https://vedy.online/en/sb11/10/31

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 11.10.32

"As long as the living entity thinks that the modes of material nature have separate existences, he will be obliged to take birth in many different forms and will experience varieties of material existence. Therefore, the living entity remains completely dependent on fruitive activities under the modes of nature." https://vedy.online/en/sb11/10/32

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 11.10.33

"The conditioned soul who remains dependent on fruitive activities under the material modes of nature will continue to fear Me, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, since I impose the results of one’s fruitive activities. Those who accept the material concept of life, taking the variegatedness of the modes of nature to be factual, devote themselves to material enjoyment and are therefore always absorbed in lamentation and grief." https://vedy.online/en/sb11/10/33

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 11.10.34

"When there is agitation and interaction of the material modes of nature, the living entities then describe Me in various ways such as all-powerful time, the Self, Vedic knowledge, the universe, one’s own nature, religious ceremonies and so on." https://vedy.online/en/sb11/10/34