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The Three Divisions of Material Nature (Guṇatraya-vibhÄga-yoga)
Chapter 14 Summary

Purport
All embodied souls are under the control of the three modes, or qualities, of material nature: goodness, passion and ignorance. Lord Krishna explains what these modes are, how they act upon us, how one transcends them, and the symptoms of one who has attained the transcendental state.