12 Srimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 7, Ch. 1

tamasy etdni jdyante

vivrddhe kuru-nandana

“The manifestations of the modes of goodness can be experienced
when all the gates of the body are illumined by knowledge.

“‘O chief of the Bharatas, when there is an increase in the mode of pas-
sion, the symptoms of great attachment, uncontrollable desire, hanker-
ing, and intense endeavor develop.

‘‘O son of Kuru, when there is an increase in the mode of ignorance,
madness, illusion, inertia and darkness are manifested.”

The Supreme Personality of Godhead, who is present in everyone’s
heart, simply gives the results of the increase in the various qualities, but
He is impartial. He supervises victory and loss, but He does not take part
in them.

The various modes of material nature do not work all at once. The in-
teractions of these modes are exactly like seasonal changes. Sometimes
there is an increment of rajo-guna, sometimes of tamo-guna and some-
times sattva-guna. Generally the demigods are surcharged with sattva-
guna, and therefore when the demons and the demigods fight, the
demigods are victorious because of the prominence of their sattva-guna
qualities. However, this is not the partiality of the Supreme Lord.

TEXT 9

safiaekarnta agrara fread
frercarearamered aca HAT SeTTE SI

Jyotir-adir ivabhati
sanghdatan na vivicyate
vidanty dtmanam atma-stham
mathitva kavayo ’ntatah

jyotih—fire; ddih—and other elements; iva—just as; abhati—ap-
pear; sarighatat—from the bodies of demigods and others; na—not;
vivicyate—are distinguished; vidanti—perceive; dtmanam—the Super-
soul; dtma-stham—situated in the heart; mathitva—by discerning;
kavayah—expert thinkers; antatah—within.
