10 Srimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 7, Ch. 1

TEXT 8

IHS F Aa eaiiq Wasa |
THA TATA TeHSyIMNS AA II ¢ UI

jaya-kale tu sattvasya
devarsin rajaso ’suran

tamaso yaksa-raksamsi
tat-kalanuguno ’bhajat

Jaya-kale—in the time of prominence; tu—indeed; sattvasya—of
goodness; deva—the demigods; rsin—and the sages; rajasah—of pas-
sion; asuran—the demons; tamasah—of ignorance; yaksa-raksarsi—
the Yaksas and Raksasas; tat-kdla-anugunah—according to the particu-
lar 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 Yaksas and Raksasas flourish. The
Supreme Personality of Godhead is present in everyone’s heart,
fostering the reactions of sattva-guna, rajo-guna and tamo-guna.

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 God-
head; but one’s victory and loss under the influence of sattva-guna, rajo-
guna and tamo-guna are reactions of these modes, not of the Supreme
Lord’s partiality. Srila Jiva Gosvami, in the Bhagavata-sandarbha, has

clearly said:
sattvadayo na santise

yatra ca prakrta gunah
sa Suddhah sarva-suddhebhyah
puman ddyah prasidatu
