Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 12.8.45
సత్త్వం రజస్తమ ఇతీశ తవాత్మబన్ధో
మాయామయా: స్థితిలయోదయహేతవోఽస్య ।
లీలా ధృతా యదపి సత్త్వమయీ ప్రశాన్త్యై
నాన్యే నృణాం వ్యసనమోహభియశ్చ యాభ్యామ్ ॥ ౪౫ ॥
sattvaṁ rajas tama itīśa tavātma-bandho
[sattvam rajas tama iteesha tavaatma-bandho]
māyā-mayāḥ sthiti-layodaya-hetavo ’sya
[maayaa-mayaah sthiti-layodaya-hetavo ’sya]
līlā dhṛtā yad api sattva-mayī praśāntyai
[leelaa dhritaa yad api sattva-mayee prashaantyai]
nānye nṛṇāṁ vyasana-moha-bhiyaś ca yābhyām
[naanye nrinaam vyasana-moha-bhiyash cha yaabhyaam]
Word-for-word
sattvam
—
goodness
rajaḥ
—
passion
tamaḥ
—
ignorance
iti
—
the modes of nature thus termed
īśa
—
O Lord
tava
—
Your
ātma-bandho
—
O supreme friend of the soul
māyā-mayāḥ
—
produced from Your personal energy
sthiti-laya-udaya
—
of maintenance, destruction and creation
hetavaḥ
—
the causes
asya
—
of this universe
līlāḥ
—
as pastimes
dhṛtāḥ
—
assumed
yat api
—
although
sattva-mayī
—
that which is in the mode of goodness
praśāntyai
—
for liberation
na
—
not
anye
—
the other two
nṛṇām
—
for persons
vyasana
—
danger
moha
—
bewilderment
bhiyaḥ
—
and fear
ca
—
also
yābhyām
—
from which.
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
sattvaṁ rajas tama itīśa tavātma-bandho
sattvam
goodness
rajaḥ
passion
tamaḥ
ignorance
iti
the modes of nature thus termed
īśa
O Lord
tava
Your
ātma-bandho
O supreme friend of the soul
māyā-mayāḥ sthiti-layodaya-hetavo ’sya
māyā-mayāḥ
produced from Your personal energy
sthiti-laya-udaya
of maintenance, destruction and creation
hetavaḥ
the causes
līlā dhṛtā yad api sattva-mayī praśāntyai
asya
of this universe
līlāḥ
as pastimes
dhṛtāḥ
assumed
yat api
although
nānye nṛṇāṁ vyasana-moha-bhiyaś ca yābhyām
sattva-mayī
that which is in the mode of goodness
praśāntyai
for liberation
na
not
anye
the other two
nṛṇām
for persons
vyasana
danger
moha
bewilderment
bhiyaḥ
and fear
ca
also
yābhyām
from which.
O my Lord, O supreme friend of the conditioned soul, although for the creation, maintenance and annihilation of this world You accept the modes of goodness, passion and ignorance, which constitute Your illusory potency, You specifically employ the mode of goodness to liberate the conditioned souls. The other two modes simply bring them suffering, illusion and fear.
Purport
The words līlā dhṛtāḥ indicate that the creative activities of Lord Brahmā, the destructive activities of Lord Śiva and the sustaining functions of Lord Viṣṇu are all pastimes of the Absolute Truth, Lord Kṛṣṇa. But ultimately only Lord Viṣṇu can award liberation from the clutches of material illusion, as indicated by the words sattva-mayī praśāntyai.
Our passionate and ignorant activities cause great suffering, illusion and fear for us and others; therefore they should be given up. One should become firmly situated in the mode of goodness and live peacefully on the spiritual platform. The essence of goodness is to renounce selfish interest in all one’s activities and thus dedicate one’s entire being to the Supreme Being, Lord Kṛṣṇa, who is the source of our existence.
— A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda
Gauḍīya Ācāryas
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura
Gauḍīya
Translation
O master of life forms! O friend of the jīva! The causes of creation, maintenance and destruction of the universe of all beings, including the devatās, are the three guṇas, made of māyā. Though you accept pastimes of sattva-guṇa for auspiciousness, you do not accept rajas and tamas at all, since they produce pain, illusion and fear for mankind.
“If a person has material desires, let him worship devatās. Worshipping them is worshipping me, since the devatās are my representatives.” O friend of the jīva! O master of life forms! The causes of this universe made of men, animals and devatās like Indra and Candra are the three guṇas which are made of māyā. How will I attain you, beyond māyā, by worshipping the effects of māyā, the devatās, who are all temporary? Though you accept sattva-guṇa pastimes among all pastimes for auspiciousness, you do not accept the others, rajas and tamas actions, by which suffering, illusion and fear arise. However, all three pastimes are made of māyā.
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