Verses - Modes of nature

Bhagavad-Gītā 2.45

"The Vedas deal mainly with the subject of the three modes of material nature. O Arjuna, become transcendental to these three modes. Be free from all dualities and from all anxieties for gain and safety, and be established in the self." https://vedy.online/en/bg/2/45/

Bhagavad-Gītā 3.3-5

"The Supreme Personality of Godhead said: O sinless Arjuna, I have already explained that there are two classes of men who try to realize the self. Some are inclined to understand it by empirical, philosophical speculation, and others by devotional service." "Not by merely abstaining from work can one achieve freedom from reaction, nor by renunciation alone can one attain perfection." "Everyone is forced to act helplessly according to the qualities he has acquired from the modes of material nature; therefore no one can refrain from doing something, not even for a moment." https://vedy.online/en/bg/3/3/ & https://vedy.online/en/bg/3/4/ & https://vedy.online/en/bg/3/5/

Bhagavad-Gītā 3.27

"The spirit soul bewildered by the influence of false ego thinks himself the doer of activities that are in actuality carried out by the three modes of material nature." https://vedy.online/en/bg/3/27/

Bhagavad-Gītā 3.29

"Bewildered by the modes of material nature, the ignorant fully engage themselves in material activities and become attached. But the wise should not unsettle them, although these duties are inferior due to the performers’ lack of knowledge." https://vedy.online/en/bg/3/29/

Bhagavad-Gītā 3.33-34

"Even a man of knowledge acts according to his own nature, for everyone follows the nature he has acquired from the three modes. What can repression accomplish?" "There are principles to regulate attachment and aversion pertaining to the senses and their objects. One should not come under the control of such attachment and aversion, because they are stumbling blocks on the path of self-realization." https://vedy.online/en/bg/3/33/ & https://vedy.online/en/bg/3/34/

Bhagavad-Gītā 4.13-14

"According to the three modes of material nature and the work associated with them, the four divisions of human society are created by Me. And although I am the creator of this system, you should know that I am yet the nondoer, being unchangeable." "There is no work that affects Me; nor do I aspire for the fruits of action. One who understands this truth about Me also does not become entangled in the fruitive reactions of work." https://vedy.online/en/bg/4/13/ & https://vedy.online/en/bg/4/14/

Bhagavad-Gītā 5.13

"When the embodied living being controls his nature and mentally renounces all actions, he resides happily in the city of nine gates [the material body], neither working nor causing work to be done." https://vedy.online/en/bg/5/13/

Bhagavad-Gītā 5.14

"The embodied spirit, master of the city of his body, does not create activities, nor does he induce people to act, nor does he create the fruits of action. All this is enacted by the modes of material nature." https://vedy.online/en/bg/5/14/

Bhagavad-Gītā 7.4-5

"Earth, water, fire, air, ether, mind, intelligence and false ego – all together these eight constitute My separated material energies." "Besides these, O mighty-armed Arjuna, there is another, superior energy of Mine, which comprises the living entities who are exploiting the resources of this material, inferior nature." https://vedy.online/en/bg/7/4/ & https://vedy.online/en/bg/7/5/

Bhagavad-Gītā 7.12

"Know that all states of being – be they of goodness, passion or ignorance – are manifested by My energy. I am, in one sense, everything, but I am independent. I am not under the modes of material nature, for they, on the contrary, are within Me." https://vedy.online/en/bg/7/12/

Bhagavad-Gītā 7.13-14

"Deluded by the three modes [goodness, passion and ignorance], the whole world does not know Me, who am above the modes and inexhaustible." "This divine energy of Mine, consisting of the three modes of material nature, is difficult to overcome. But those who have surrendered unto Me can easily cross beyond it." https://vedy.online/en/bg/7/13/ & https://vedy.online/en/bg/7/14/

Bhagavad-Gītā 7.15

"Those miscreants who are grossly foolish, who are lowest among mankind, whose knowledge is stolen by illusion, and who partake of the atheistic nature of demons do not surrender unto Me." https://vedy.online/en/bg/7/15/