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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
[Canto 7, Ch. 1]
TEXT 8
जयकाले तु सच्चस्य देवर्षान् रजसोऽसुरान् । तमसो यक्षरक्षांसि तत्कालानुगुणोऽभजत् ॥ ८ ॥
jaya-kāle tu sattvasya devarṣīn rajaso 'surān tamaso yakṣa-rakṣāmṣi tat-kālānuguṇo 'bhajat
jaya-kāle—in the time of prominence; tu—indeed; sattvasya—of goodness; deva—the demigods; rṣīn—and the sages; rajasaḥ—of passion; asurān—the demons; tamasaḥ—of ignorance; yakṣa-rakṣāmṣi—the Yakṣas and Rākṣasas; tat-kāla-anuguṇaḥ—according to the particular time; abhajat—fostered.
TRANSLATION
When the quality of goodness is prominent, the sages and demigods flourish with the help of that quality, with which they are infused and surcharged by the Supreme Lord. Similarly, when the mode of passion is prominent the demons flourish, and when ignorance is prominent the Yakṣas and Rākṣasas flourish. The Supreme Personality of Godhead is present in everyone's heart, fostering the reactions of sattva-guṇa, rajo-guṇa and tamo-guṇa.
PURPORT
The Supreme Personality of Godhead is not partial to anyone. The conditioned soul is under the influence of the various modes of material nature, and behind material nature is the Supreme Personality of Godhead; but one's victory and loss under the influence of sattva-guṇa, rajo-guṇa and tamo-guṇa are reactions of these modes, not of the Supreme Lord's partiality. Śrīla Jīva Gosvāmī, in the  Bhāgavata-sandarbha , has clearly said:
sattvādayo na santīśe yatra ca prākṛtā guṇāḥ sa śuddhaḥ sarva-śuddhebhyaḥ pumān ādyaḥ prasīdatu