Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 11.25.20

sattvāj jāgaraṇaḿ vidyād

rajasā svapnam ādiśet

prasvāpaḿ tamasā jantos

turīyaḿ triṣu santatam

SYNONYMS

sattvāt — by the mode of goodness; jāgaraṇam — waking consciousness; vidyāt — one should understand; rajasā — by passion; svapnam — sleep; ādiśet — is indicated; prasvāpam — deep sleep; tamasā — by the mode of ignorance; jantoḥ — of the living entity; turīyam — the fourth, transcendental state; triṣu — throughout the three; santatam — pervading.

TRANSLATION

It should be understood that alert wakefulness comes from the mode of goodness, sleep with dreaming from the mode of passion, and deep, dreamless sleep from the mode of ignorance. The fourth state of consciousness pervades these three and is transcendental.

PURPORT

Our original Kṛṣṇa consciousness exists eternally within the soul, and it is also present in all the three phases of awareness, namely normal wakefulness, dreaming and dreamless sleep. Being covered by the modes of nature, this spiritual consciousness may not be manifest, but it continues to exist eternally as the real nature of the living entity.

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