BHAGAVAD GITA BASED COMPARATIVE CHART OF 3 MODES OF MATERIAL NATURE (PRAKRITI) AFFECTING KARMA VIS‐À‐VIS AKARMA = KRISHNA‐BHAKTI = DEVOTIONAL

SERVICE
VERSE NO. TOPIC KARMA > IN THE MODE OF GOODNESS TICK KARMA > IN THE MODE OF PASSION TICK KARMA > IN THE MODE OF IGNORANCE TICK AKARMA > IN THE MODE OF PURE GOODNESS TICK
(GOOD KARMA) (MIXED KARMA = GOOD + BAD) (BAD KARMA) ACTIONS FOR KRISHNA, GURU & VAISHNAVA
SATKARMA = AS PER 4 VEDAS (SATVIC PRAKRITI) SATKARMA + VIKARMA (RAJSIC PRAKRITI) VIKARMA = AGAINST 4 VEDAS (TAMASIC PRAKRITI) AS PER BHAGAVAD GITA & SHRIMAD BHAGAVATAM
PRACTISED MAINLY BY BRAHMANA, PARTLY BY KSHATRIYA PRACTICED MAINLY BY KSHATRIYA, PARTLY BY VAISHYA PRACTICED PARTLY BY VAISHYA, MAINLY BY SHUDRA MAINLY BY VAISHNAVA (KANISTH, MADHYAM, UTTAM)

14 > 6/7/8/9 CONDITIONING PURER THAN OTHERS, ILLUMINATING, FREE FROM UNLIMITED DESIRES & LONGINGS, FRUITIVE ACTIONS MADNESS, INDOLENCE & SLEEP HE IS BEYOND 3 MODES OF PRAKRITI. REFER : 14 > 19 ‐ 27
ALL SINFUL REACTIONS, HAPPINESS & KNOWLEDGE

14 > 10 DOMINANT MODE GOODNESS defeats PASSION & IGNORANCE PASSION defeats GOODNESS & IGNORANCE IGNORANCE defeats GOODNESS & PASSION HE IS BEYOND 3 MODES OF PRAKRITI. REFER : 14 > 19 ‐ 27

14 > 11/12/13 SYMPTOMS ALL 9 GATES OF THE BODY ARE GREAT ATTACHMENT, FRUITIVE ACTIVITY, INTENSE DARKNESS, MADNESS & ILLUSION HE IS BEYOND 3 MODES OF PRAKRITI. REFER : 14 > 19 ‐ 27
ILLUMINATED BY KNOWLEDGE ENDEAVOR, UNCONTROLLABLE DESIRE & HANKERING

14 > 14/15 AFTER DEATH HE ATTAINS TO THE PURE HIGHER PLANETS HE TAKES BIRTH AMONG THOSE ENGAGED IN HE TAKES BIRTH IN THE ANIMAL KINGDOM HE ASCENDS TO VAIKUNTHA DHAM OR GOLOK DHAM;
OF GREAT SAGES FRUITIVE ACTIVITIES (ON EARTH) THERE HE ATTAINS HIS ORIGINAL SAT + CHIT + ANAND BODY

14 > 16 RESULT PURITY MISERY FOOLISHNESS HE IS BEYOND 3 MODES OF PRAKRITI. REFER : 14 > 19 ‐ 27

14 > 17 DEVELOPMENT OF PURE KNOWLEDGE GREED FOOLISHNESS, MADNESS & ILLUSION HE IS BEYOND 3 MODES OF PRAKRITI. REFER : 14 > 19 ‐ 27

14 > 18 INHABITANT OF HEAVENLY PLANETS EARTHLY PLANETS HELLISH PLANETS HE ASCENDS TO VAIKUNTHA DHAM OR GOLOK DHAM

17 > 4 WORSHIPPING DEMI-GODS (BRAHMA, SHIVA, DURGA, GANESH, SURYA) DEMONS (DEMONIC PEOPLE ON EARTH) GHOSTS & SPIRITS KRISHNA / RAMA / CHAITANYA / VISHNU

17 > 8/9/10 EATING FOOD JUICY, FATTY, WHOLESOME & PLEASING TO HEART TOO BITTER, SOUR, SALTY, HOT, PUNGENT, DRY & BURNING STALE, TASTELESS (MEAT), DECOMPOSED, PUTRID THE DEVOTEES OF THE LORD ARE RELEASED FROM ALL KINDS
(ROTTEN), REMNANTS, UNTOUCHABLE THINGS OF SINS, BECAUSE THEY EAT FOOD WHICH IS OFFERED FIRST
EFFECT OF EATING INCREASE OF LIFE-SPAN, PURIFICATION OF LIFE; CAUSES DISTRESS, MISERY & DISEASE CAUSES DISTRESS, MISERY & DISEASE FOR SACRIFICE. OTHERS, WHO PREPARE FOOD FOR PERSONAL
GIVES STRENGTH, HEALTH, HAPPINESS & SATISFACTION SENSE ENJOYMENT, VERILY EAT ONLY SIN. (BG 3/13)

17 > 11/12/ 13 SACRIFICES PERFORMANCE AS PER DIRECTIONS OF SCRIPTURE, PERFORMANCE FOR MATERIAL BENEFIT OR PRIDE PERFORMANCE WITHOUT : DIRECTIONS SANKIRTAN YAGNA IS THE BEST OF ALL SACRIFICES;
AS A MATTER OF DUTY, WITHOUT DESIRING REWARD OF SCRIPTURES, DISTRIBUTION OF PRASADAM, CHANTING MINIMUM 16 ROUNDS OF MAHAMANTRA
CHANTING OF VEDIC HYMNS, AND OBSERVING 4 REGULATIVE PRINCIPLES
REMUNERATION TO PRIESTS & FAITH

17 > 17/18/19 AUSTERITY/ OF BODY, SPEECH & MIND PERFORMED WITH FAITH, PERFORMED OUT OF PRIDE, FOR THE SAKE OF PERFORMED OUT OF FOOLISHNESS, WITH SANKIRTAN YAGNA IS THE BEST OF ALL PENANCES;
PENANCE WITHOUT EXPECTING MATERIAL BENEFITS, BUT ENGAGED GAINING RESPECT, HONOR & WORSHIP SELF-TORTURE OR TO DESTROY OR INJURE CHANTING MINIMUM 16 ROUNDS OF MAHAMANTRA
ONLY FOR THE SAKE OF THE SUPREME OTHERS AND OBSERVING 4 REGULATIVE PRINCIPLES
EFFECT (STABLE & LONG-LASTING) NOT STABLE & PERMANENT (SELF-DEFEATING) (LEADS TO ETERNAL SUPREME SPIRITUAL SALVATION)

17 > 20/21/22 CHARITY GIVEN OUT OF DUTY, WITHOUT EXPECTATION OF RETURN, GIVEN WITH THE EXPECTATION OF SOME RETURN OR WITH GIVEN AT AN IMPURE PLACE, AT AN IMPROPER OFFERING THINGS TO KRISHNA WITH LOVE & DEVOTION
AT THE PROPER TIME & PLACE AND TO A WORTHY PERSON A DESIRE FOR FRUITIVE RESULTS OR IN A GRUDGING MOOD TIME, TO UNWORTHY PERSONS OR WITHOUT IS THE BEST FORM OF CHARITY
PROPER ATTENTION & RESPECT

18 > 9/8/7 PRESCRIBED DUTY HE PERFORMS HIS PRESCRIBED DUTY AS DUTY AND RENOUNCES ALL HE GIVES UP HIS PRESCRIBED DUTY AS TROUBLESOME HE GIVES UP HIS PRESCRIBED DUTY BECAUSE OF ILLUSION. HE PERFORMS HIS OCCUPATIONAL DUTY
MATERIAL ASSOCIATION & ATTACHMENT TO THE FRUIT OR OUT OF FEAR OF BODILY DISCOMFORT PLUS DEVOTIONAL SERVICE

18 > 20/21/22 KNOWLEDGE KNOWLEDGE BY WHICH ONE UNDIVIDED SPIRITUAL KNOWLEDGE BY WHICH ONE SEES THAT IN EVERY KNOWLEDGE BY WHICH ONE IS ATTACHED TO ONE KNOWLEDE OF BHAGAVAD GITA & SHRIMAD BHAGAVATAM
NATURE IS SEEN IN ALL LIVING ENTITIES, THOUGH THEY DIFFERENT BODY, THERE IS A DIFFERENT TYPE OF LIVING KIND OF WORK AS THE ALL IN ALL, WITHOUT
ARE DIVIDED INTO INNUMERABLE FORMS ENTITY KNOWLEDGE OF TRUTH, JUST MEAGRE KNOWLEDGE

18 > 23/24/25 ACTION ACTION WHICH IS REGULATED AND WHICH IS PERFORMED ACTION PERFORMED WITH GREAT EFFORT BY ONE SEEKING ACTION PERFORMED IN ILLUSION, IN DISREGARD ACTION PERFORMED IN THE SERVICE OF KRISHNA,
WITHOUT ATTACHMENT, WITHOUT LOVE OR HATRED, TO GRATIFY HIS DESIRES, AND ENACTED FROM A SENSE OF OF SCRIPTURAL INJUNCTIONS, AND WITHOUT GURU & VAISHNAVA, i.e. DEVOTIONAL SERVICE ‐
AND WITHOUT DESIRE FOR FRUITIVE RESULTS FALSE EGO CONCERN FOR FUTURE BONDAGE OR FOR VIOLENCE UNDER THE GUIDANCE OF GURU
OR DISTRESS CAUSED TO OTHERS

18 > 26/27/28 WORKER WORKER BEYOND MODES OF MATERIAL NATURE, WITHOUT WORKER ATTACHED TO WORK AND THE FRUITS OF WORK WORKER ALWAYS ENGAGED IN WORK AGAINST THE DEVOTEE ‐ CONSTANTLY SERVING KRISHNA, GURU &
FALSE EGO, WITH GREAT DETERMINATION & ENTHUSIASM, DESIRING TO ENJOY THOSE FRUITS, GREEDY, ALWAYS INJUNCTIONS OF THE SCRIPTURE, MATERIALISTIC VAISHNAVA ‐ UNDER THE GUIDANCE OF GURU
WITHOUT WAVERING IN SUCCESS OR FAILURE ENVIOUS, IMPURE, MOVED BY JOY & SORROW OBSTINATE, CHEATING AND EXPERT IN INSULTING
OTHERS, LAZY, MOROSE & PROCRASTINATING

18 > 30/31/32 UNDERSTANDING ONE KNOWS WHAT OUGHT TO BE DONE & WHAT OUGHT ONE WHO CANNOT DISTINGUISH BETWEEN RELIGION & ONE CONSIDERS IRRELIGION TO BE RELIGION AND ONE WHO REMAINS KRISHNA‐CONSCIOUS IN HIS MIND,
NOT TO BE DONE, WHAT IS TO BE FEARED AND WHAT IRRELIGION, BETWEEN ACTION THAT SHOULD BE DONE RELIGION TO BE IRRELIGION, UNDER THE SPELL OF SPEECH & ACTION ‐ AT ALL TIME, PLACE & CIRCUMSTANCES
IS NOT TO BE FEARED, WHAT IS BINDING AND WHAT AND ACTION THAT SHOULD NOT BE DONE ILLUSION & DARKNESS, STRIVES ALWAYS IN THE
IS LIBERATING WRONG DIRECTION

18 > 33/34/35 DETERMINATION UNBREAKABLE, SUSTAINED WITH STEADFASTNESS BY ONE HOLDS FAST TO FRUITIVE RESULTS IN RELIGION, NOT GOING BEYOND DREAMING, FEARFULLNESS, ALWAYS ENGAGED IN THE SERVICE OF KRISHNA, GURU &
(ASTANG) YOGA PRACTICE, CONTROLS THE ACTIVITIES ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT & SENSE GRATIFICATION LAMENTATION, MOROSENESS & ILLUSION VAISHNAVA ‐ UNDER THE GUIDANCE OF GURU ‐ WITH
OF THE MIND, LIFE AND SENSES ENTHUSIASM, DETERMINATION & PATIENCE

18 > 37/38/39 HAPPINESS LIKE POISON IN THE BEGINNING, BUT LIKE NECTAR IN THE DERIVED FROM THE CONTACT OF THE SENSES WITH THEIR BLIND TO SELF-REALIZATION. DELUSION FROM NECTAR FROM BEGINNING TO END; ENABLES SELF‐
END. IT AWAKENS ONE TO SELF-REALIZATION OBJECTS. LIKE NECTAR AT FIRST, BUT POISON AT THE END BEGINNING TO END. ARISES FROM SLEEP, REALIZATION & GOD‐REALIZATION, LEADING BACK TO
LAZINESS & ILLUSION GODHEAD i.e. VAIKUNTHA DHAM OR GOLOK DHAM
GRAND SUMMARY HUMAN NATURE / CHARACTER HUMAN ‐ CUM ‐ ANIMAL NATURE / CHARACTER ANIMAL NATURE / CHARACTER DIVINE NATURE / CHARACTER