Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 5.26.2
ऋषिरुवाच
त्रिगुणत्वात्कर्तु: श्रद्धया कर्मगतय: पृथग्विधा: सर्वा एव सर्वस्य तारतम्येन भवन्ति ॥ २ ॥
ṛṣir uvāca
[rishir uvaacha]
tri-guṇatvāt kartuḥ śraddhayā karma-gatayaḥ pṛthag-vidhāḥ sarvā eva sarvasya tāratamyena bhavanti.
[tri-gunatvaat kartuh shraddhayaa karma-gatayah prithag-vidhaah sarvaa eva sarvasya taaratamyena bhavanti.]
Word-for-word
ṛṣiḥ uvāca
—
the great saint (Śukadeva Gosvāmī) said
tri-guṇatvāt
—
because of the three modes of material nature
kartuḥ
—
of the worker
śraddhayā
—
because of the attitudes
karma-gatayaḥ
—
destinations resulting from activity
pṛthak
—
different
vidhāḥ
—
varieties
sarvāḥ
—
all
eva
—
thus
sarvasya
—
of all of them
tāratamyena
—
in different degrees
bhavanti
—
become possible.
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
ṛṣir uvāca
ṛṣiḥ uvāca
the great saint (Śukadeva Gosvāmī) said
tri-guṇatvāt kartuḥ śraddhayā karma-gatayaḥ pṛthag-vidhāḥ sarvā eva sarvasya tāratamyena bhavanti.
tri-guṇatvāt
because of the three modes of material nature
kartuḥ
of the worker
śraddhayā
because of the attitudes
karma-gatayaḥ
destinations resulting from activity
pṛthak
different
vidhāḥ
varieties
sarvāḥ
all
eva
thus
sarvasya
of all of them
tāratamyena
in different degrees
bhavanti
become possible.
The great sage Śukadeva Gosvāmī said: My dear King, in this material world there are three kinds of activities — those in the mode of goodness, the mode of passion and the mode of ignorance. Because all people are influenced by the three modes of material nature, the results of their activities are also divided into three. One who acts in the mode of goodness is religious and happy, one who acts in passion achieves mixed misery and happiness, and one who acts under the influence of ignorance is always unhappy and lives like an animal. Because of the varying degrees to which the living entities are influenced by the different modes of nature, their destinations are also of different varieties.
Gauḍīya Ācāryas
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura
Gauḍīya
Translation
Śukadeva said: Because of the faith of the doer arising from the three guṇas, different varieties of destinations for action appear. All these destinations appear for all people in proportion to the guṇas.
Because of various types of faith, various results appear. By faith in sattva-guṇa, dharma arises, and from that, happiness for the performer. By faith influenced by rajas a mixture of dharma and adharma arise, and by them, there arises a mixture of happiness and distress. By faith influenced by tamas, adharma only arises, and by that completely distress. By degrees of those types of faith, there are degrees of happiness and distress. No one is always situated in sattva, nor is anyone always in rajas or tamas. Thus all variety of destinations for all types of jīvas arise, but at different times.
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Personal Guidance
There are three modes — goodness, passion, ignorance — and our happiness is mixed accordingly. We are not simply chasing 'happiness'; we are choosing which mode our actions belong to. Examine the quality of the mode you are operating in today.
Reflection Questions
- Which mode is dominant in my actions today, and what fruit am I therefore producing?
- What one shift could move my daily mode upward — even a little?
My note
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