Live the Bhāgavatam · SB 12.3.26
Ūti· What drives us to actTime Sets the Material Modes in Motion
“The material modes — goodness, passion and ignorance — whose permutations are observed within a person’s mind, are set into motion by the power of time.”
What the purport teaches
- Goodness, passion and ignorance undergo changes within the mind, impelled by the power of time.
- All three modes are present in every age. The predominant mode, or combination of modes, determines its general character.
- Each age can occasionally appear within another as a sub-age. Thus even in Kali-yuga, the highest religious principles may flourish for some time.
Try this today
Pause once today and notice whether goodness, passion or ignorance seems most prominent in your mind.
Ask yourself
How does knowing that religious principles can flourish even in Kali-yuga encourage you?
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.