Canto 11: General HistoryChapter 25: The Three Modes of Nature and Beyond

Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 11.25.30

dravyaḿ deśaḥ phalaḿ kālo

jñānaḿ karma ca kārakaḥ

śraddhāvasthākṛtir niṣṭhā

trai-guṇyaḥ sarva eva hi

SYNONYMS

dravyam — object; deśaḥ — place; phalam — result; kālaḥ — time; jñānam — knowledge; karma — activity; ca — and; kārakaḥ — performer; śraddhā — faith; avasthā — state of consciousness; ākṛtiḥ — species; niṣṭhā — destination; trai-guṇyaḥ — partaking of the three modes; sarvaḥ — all these; eva hi — certainly.

TRANSLATION

Therefore material substance, place, result of activity, time, knowledge, work, the performer of work, faith, state of consciousness, species of life and destination after death are all based on the three modes of material nature.

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