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Gunatraya Vibhaga Yoga

The Yoga of the Three Modes

Summary

Krishna explains the three modes of material nature: Sattva (goodness), Rajas (passion), and Tamas (ignorance).

Verse 26

मां च योऽव्यभिचारेण भक्तियोगेन सेवते । स गुणान्समतीत्यैतान्ब्रह्मभूयाय कल्पते ॥

māṃ ca yo ’vyabhicāreṇa bhakti-yogena sevate | sa guṇān samatītyaitān brahma-bhūyāya kalpate ||

One who engages in full devotional service, unfailing in all circumstances, at once transcends the modes of material nature and thus comes to the level of Brahman.