Ādi-līlā, Chapter 4
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The total exhibition of these potencies is called  višuddha-sattva , and this platform of spiritual variegatedness is displayed even in the material world, when the Lord appears here. The pastimes and manifestations of the Lord in the material world are therefore not at all material; they belong to the pure transcendental state.  Bhagavad-gītā  confirms that anyone who understands the transcendental nature of the Lord's appearance, activities and disappearance becomes eligible for freedom from material bondage upon quitting the present material tabernacle. He can enter the spiritual kingdom to associate with the Supreme Personality of Godhead and reciprocate the  hlādinī  potency in transactions between him and the Lord. In the mundane mode of goodness there are tinges of passion and ignorance. Therefore mundane goodness, being mixed, is called  miśra-sattva . But the transcendental variegatedness of  višuddha-sattva  is completely free from all mundane qualities.  Višuddha-sattva  is therefore the proper atmosphere in which to experience the Personality of Godhead and His transcendental pastimes. Spiritual variegatedness is eternally independent of all material conditions and is nondifferent from the Supreme Personality of Godhead, both being absolute. The Lord and His devotees simultaneously perceive the  hlādinī  potency directly by the power of  samvit .
The material modes of nature control the conditioned souls, but the Supreme Personality of Godhead is never influenced by these modes, as all Vedic literatures directly and indirectly corroborate. Lord Kṛṣṇa Himself says in the Eleventh Canto of  Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam, sattvaṁ rajas tama iti guṇā jīvasya naiva me : "The material modes of goodness, passion and ignorance are connected with the conditioned souls, but never with Me, the Supreme Personality of Godhead." The  Viṣṇu Purāṇa  confirms this as follows:
sattvādayo na santīśe yatra na prākṛtā guṇāḥ sa śuddhaḥ sarva-śuddhebhyaḥ pumān ādyaḥ prasīdatu
"The Supreme Personality of Godhead, Viṣṇu, is beyond the three qualities goodness, passion and ignorance. No material qualities exist in Him. May that original person, Nārāyaṇa, who is situated in a completely transcendental position, be pleased with us." In the Tenth Canto of  Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam , Indra praised Kṛṣṇa as follows:
viśuddha-sattvaṁ tava dhāma śāntaṁ tapomayaṁ dhvasta-rajas-tamaskam māyāmayo 'yaṁ guṇa-sampravāho na vidyate te 'grahaṇānubandhaḥ
"My dear Lord, Your abode is  višuddha-sattva , always undisturbed by the material qualities, and the activities there are in transcendental loving service unto Your feet. The goodness, austerity and penance of the devotees enhance such activities, which are always free from the contamination of passion and ignorance. Material qualities cannot touch You under any circumstances." ( Bhāg.  10.27.4)