Abara Parama Jnana Baliba Tomare

sri-bhagavan kahilen: abara parama jnana baliba tomare jnana-carca yata ache uttama sabare ye jnanete muni jnani haiya sarvata purva itihas chila siddhi parangata

The Blessed Lord said: Again I shall declare to you this supreme wisdom, the best of all knowledge, knowing which all the sages have attained the supreme perfection.

ei jnana labha kari nirguna jnanete avasthita hay loka nirguna amate tahar na hay janma punah srstira samay kimba duhkha nai tar yakhana pralay

By becoming fixed in this knowledge, one can attain to the transcendental nature, which is like My own nature. Thus established, one is not born at the time of creation nor disturbed at the time of dissolution.

jagater matr-yoni jada mahat-tattva sei brahme garbhadhan kari se mahattva he bharat tai janme sarva-bhuta yata jagater bhuta srsti hay sei mata

The total material substance, called Brahman, is the source of birth, and it is that Brahman that I impregnate, making possible the births of all living beings, O son of Bharata.

ataev sarva-yoni yata murti dhare he kounteya jana taha amara adhare brahma mahat-tattva hay sabara janani ami vija-prada pita jagata sarani

It should be understood that all species of life, O son of Kunti, are made possible by birth in this material nature, and that I am the seed-giving father.

sattva, raj, tama gun prakrti-sambhava trigunete vaddha jiv haye yay saba ei deha se vandhana nigudha akar jiva avyaya se vaddha ye prakar

Material nature consists of the three modes--goodness, passion and ignorance. When the living entity comes in contact with nature, he becomes conditioned by these modes.

tar madhye sattva-gun nirmala adha papa-sunya prakasaka tattva se atmar jnana-carca kari sattve bandhana tahar sei suddha sanga mane srestha camatkar

O sinless one, the mode of goodness being purer than the others, is illuminating, and it frees one from all sinful reactions. Those situated in that mode develop knowledge, but they become conditioned by the concept of happiness.

rajo-gun trsna-may sudhu bhog cay ajivan karma kari kare hay hay karma kare yata pare baddha tahe hay asambhava karma cesta sukhe duhkhe ray

The mode of passion is born of unlimited desires and longings, O son of Kunti, and because of this one is bound to material fruitive activities.

tamo se ajnana-rupa nigudha bandhan pramada alasya nidra tahara mohan

O son of Bharata, the mode of ignorance causes the delusion of all living entities. The result of this mode is madness, indolence and sleep, which bind the conditioned soul.

sattva-guna sukhe bnadhe rajo-guna kaje tamo-guna pramadete bandhane viraje

The mode of goodness conditions one to happiness, passion conditions him to the fruits of action, and ignorance to madness.

rajo-guna parajaye sattvera pradhanya sattva-tama parajaye raja hay ganya raj sattva parajaye tamera pradhanya sei se paryaya hay gunera samanya

Sometimes the mode of passion becomes prominent, defeating the mode of goodness, O son of Bharata. And sometimes the mode of goodness defeats passion, and at other times the mode of ignorance defeats goodness and passion. In this way there is always competition for supremacy.

jnanera prabhave yada sarire prakas sakal indriya-dvare sattva-gunera vikas

The manifestations of the mode of goodness can be experienced when all the gates of the body are illuminated by knowledge.

lok-puja pratisthadi karmera akanksa rajo-gune vrddhi hay nahi anyapeksa

O chief of the Bharatas, when there is an increase in the mode of passion, the symptoms of great attachment, uncontrollable desire, hankering, and intense endeavor develop.

aprakas apravrtti moha tamor laksan vividha gunera karya he kuru-nandan

O son of Kuru, when there is an increase in the mode of ignorance, madness, illusion, inertia and darkness are manifested.

pravrddha ye sattva-gune dehera pralay nispapa uttama lok tnar prapti hay

When one dies in the mode of goodness, he attains to the pure higher planets.

pravrtta se rajo-gune dehera nirvan karmira sangete hay tar anusthan pravrddha ye tamo-gune sarira chaday mudha pasu-yoni madhye tar janma hay

When one dies in the mode of passion, he takes birth among those engaged in fruitive activities; and when he dies in the mode of ignorance, he takes birth in the animal kingdom.

sukrta sattvika karma phala se nirmal rajasika karme hay duhkhai praval tamasika karma yata hay acetan ajnanata phal sei pasute ganan

By acting in the mode of goodness, one becomes purified. Works done in the mode of passion result in distress, and actions performed in the mode of ignorance result in foolishness.

sattva-gune jnana-labha rajo-gune lobh tamo-gune moha labh pramada viksobh

From the mode of goodness, real knowledge develops; from the mode of passion, greed develops; and from the mode of ignorance, foolishness, madness and illusion develop.

satyalokavadhi lok yay sattva-gune rajo-gun dvara naraloke avasthan tamo-gune adhahpat narake gaman vividha gunera sei phal nirupan

Those situated in the mode of goodness gradually go upward to the higher planets; those in the mode of passion live on the earthly planets; and those in the mode of ignorance go down to the hellish worlds.

gun bhinna anya karta nahi tribhuvane suksma darsana yar guna nirupane gunatita mor bhakti amara se bhav svarupete suddha jiv prapta se svabhav

When you see that there is nothing beyond these modes of nature in all activities and that the Supreme Lord is transcendental to all these modes, then you can know My spiritual nature.

gunatita hate dehi gunadeha chade janma-mrtyu jara-duhkha bnadhe na tnahare

When the embodied being is able to transcend these three modes, he can become free from birth, death, old age and their distresses and can enjoy nectar even in this life.

arjun kahilen: ki laksan kaha prabho gunatita hale acaran kiva hay triguna jitile

Arjuna inquired: O my Lord, by what symptoms is one known who is transcendental to those modes? What is his behavior? And how does he transcend the modes of nature?

sri-bhagavan kahilen: prakasa pravrtti ar mohana ye tin gunera prabhav sei hay bhinna bhin tahate ye dvesakanksa chadila jivane gunatit hay sei bujha tribhuvane guna-karye udasin mato ye asin bicalita nahe tahe pravrddha pravin anasakta guna karye yeva hay dhir sama duhkha sukha svasthah lostra svarna sthir tulya priya-priya tar tulya nindastuti tulya man apaman satru mitra ati bhog tyagadite nahe se asakta gunatit hay sei nirgunete yukta

The Blessed Lord said: He who does not hate illumination, attachment and delusion when they are present, nor longs for them when they disappear; who is seated like one unconcerned, being situated beyond these material reactions of the modes of nature, who remains firm, knowing that the modes alone are active; who regards alike pleasure and pain, and looks on a clod, a stone and a piece of gold with an equal eye; who is wise and holds praise and blame to be the same; who is unchanged in honor and dishonor, who treats friend and foe alike, who has abandoned all fruitive undertakings--such a man is said to have transcended the modes of nature.

triguner atikrame ye karya karay sei se amara bhakti janaha niscay ye avyabhicari bhakti amate karay jada gun atikrame brahma-bhuta hay

One who engages in full devotional service, who does not fall down in any circumstance, at once transcends the modes of material nature and thus comes to the level of Brahman.

brahmera pratistha ami amrta sasvata ananda ye sanatana amate nihita amar asraye sei sakala sulabha ataev-mor bhakti hay sudurlabha

And I am the basis of the impersonal Brahman, which is the constitutional position of ultimate happiness, and which is immortal, imperishable and eternal.

bhaktivedanta kahe sri-gitara gan sune yadi suddha bhakta krsnagata-pran

Thus Bhaktivedanta sings the song of Sri Gita, with the hope that hearing this, Krsna conscious pure devotees will be pleased.