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Bhagavad-gītā As It Is · Text 14.11
सर्वद्वारेषु देहेऽस्मिन्प्रकाश उपजायते ।
ज्ञानं यदा तदा विद्याद्विवृद्धं सत्त्वमित्युत ॥ ११ ॥
sarva-dvāreṣu dehe ’smin
prakāśa upajāyate
jñānaṁ yadā tadā vidyād
vivṛddhaṁ sattvam ity uta
The manifestation of the mode of goodness can be experienced when all the gates of the body are illuminated by knowledge.
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3 study points
The mode of goodness is shown when knowledge lights up all the gates of the body.
Prabhupāda explains that the body has nine gates. In goodness, one sees, hears and tastes things rightly.
Other signs of goodness are cleanliness inside and outside, and happiness at every gate.
These notes cover verses 14.11–13
Symptoms of three modes — These verses explain how the effects of the three modes of material nature, as explained in Texts 14.6 – 14.8, are manifested externally
Certain concepts are defined below:
“All gates illuminated by knowledge” (14.11) — Implies
Perception by the senses based on knowledge, in the right position
Clean inside and out
Darkness and inertia implies (14.13)
Not works according to regulative principles
Works whimsically for no purpose
Illusion — Even though he has the capacity to work, he does not endeavor (14.13)
Modes compete with one another for supremacy within an individual
Manifestation from the mode of
Goodness: is knowledge
Passion: is attachment, uncontrollable desire and intense endeavor
Ignorance: is inactivity and madness
Learn the Sanskrit words of the verse.
The spiritual concepts this verse connects to.
Key ideas: prakṛti, guṇa.
Take one thing from this verse into your day.
What does BG 14.11 establish in Śrīla Prabhupāda's translation and purport, and how does it connect to nature & guṇas?
Observe which mode shaped your last decision.
Mahābhārata episodes and stories from the purports that shed light on this verse.
Keep going: verses that carry this teaching further.
Study notes are editorial summaries, not the translation. Confirm them in the original text and purport.