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Bhagavad-pājā  As It los
[Ch. 14]
and ignorance are defeated. And, when the mode of ignorance is prominent, passion and goodness are defeated. This competition is always going on. Therefore, one who is actually intent on advancing in Kṛṣṇa consciousness has to transcend these three modes. The prominence of some certain mode of nature is manifested in one's dealings, in his activities, in eating, etc. All this will be explained in later chapters. But if one wants, he can develop, by practice, the mode of goodness and thus defeat the modes of ignorance and passion. One can similarly develop the mode of passion and defeat goodness and ignorance. Or, one can develop the mode of ignorance and defeat goodness and passion. Although there are these three modes of material nature, if one is determined, he can be blessed by the mode of goodness, and, by transcending the mode of goodness, he can be situated in pure goodness, which is called the  vāsudeva  state, a state in which one can understand the science of God. By the manifestation of particular activities, it can be understood in what mode of nature one is situated.
TEXT 11
सर्वद्वारेषु देहेऽस्मिन्प्रकाश उपजायते । ज्ञानं यदा तदा विद्याद्विद्युद्धं सत्त्वमित्युत ॥ ११ ॥
sarva-dvāreṣu dehe’smin prakāśa upajāyate jñānaṁ yadā tadā vidyād vivṛddhaṁ sattvam iti uta
sarva-dvāreṣu —all the gates;  dehe asmin —in this body;  prakāśaḥ —quality of illumination;  upajāyate —develops;  jñānam —knowledge;  yadā —when;  tadā —at that time;  vidyāt —must know;  vivṛddham —increased;  sattvam —mode of goodness;  iti —thus;  uta —said.
TRANSLATION
The manifestations of the mode of goodness can be experienced when all the gates of the body are illuminated by knowledge.
PURPORT
There are nine gates in the body: two eyes, two ears, two nostrils, the mouth, the genital and the anus. In every gate, when the symptom of