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Bhagavad-pitā  As Jit Is
[Ch. 7]
emanations from the Supreme Lord, Kṛṣṇa, He is not subject to them. For instance, under the state laws one may be punished, but the king, the lawmaker, is not subject to that law. Similarly, all the modes of material nature—goodness, passion and ignorance—are emanations from the Supreme Lord Kṛṣṇa, but Kṛṣṇa is not subject to material nature. Therefore He is  nirguṇa , which means that these  guṇas , or modes, although issuing from Him, do not affect Him. That is one of the special characteristics of Bhagavān, or the Supreme Personality of Godhead.
TEXT 13
त्रिभिर्गुणमयैर्भावैरेभिः सर्वमिदं जगत् । मोहितं नाभिजानाति मामेभ्यः परमव्ययम् ॥१३॥
tribhir gunamayair bhāvair  
 ebhiḥ sarvam idaṁ jagat  
 mohitaṁ nābhijānāti  
 mām ebhyaḥ param avyayam
tribhiḥ —three;  guṇamayaiḥ —by the three  guṇas ;  bhāvaiḥ —state of being;  ebhiḥ —all this;  sarvam —the whole world;  idam —in this world;  jagat —universe;  mohitam —deluded;  na abhijānāti —do not know;  mām —unto Me;  ebhyaḥ —above these;  param —the Supreme;  avyayam —inexhaustible.
TRANSLATION
Deluded by the three modes [goodness, passion and ignorance], the whole world does not know Me who am above the modes and inexhaustible.
PURPORT
The whole world is enchanted by three modes of material nature. Those who are bewildered by these three modes cannot understand that transcendental to this material nature is the Supreme Lord, Kṛṣṇa. In this material world everyone is under the influence of these three  guṇas  and is thus bewildered.
By nature living entities have particular types of body and particular