Live the Bhāgavatam · SB 11.25.31
Ūti· What drives us to actAll Material States Involve the Modes
“O best of human beings, all states of material being are related to the interaction of the enjoying soul and material nature. Whether seen, heard of or only conceived within the mind, they are without exception constituted of the modes of nature.”
What the purport teaches
- All states of material being are related to the interaction of the enjoying soul and material nature.
- Material states that are seen or heard of are constituted of the modes of nature.
- Even material states conceived only within the mind belong to the modes. The verse makes no exception.
Try this today
Notice one imagined material pleasure today and remind yourself that it, too, belongs to the modes of nature.
Ask yourself
Do I recognize that an imagined material situation is also within the modes of nature?
Carry the question through the day, then answer it in your own words before sleep.
From Canto 10, chapter 14 onward, the translation and purports were completed by Śrīla Prabhupāda's disciples after his departure, and published by the Bhaktivedanta Book Trust.