Sattva Song

yadetarau jayet sattvaṁ

bhāsvaraṁ viśadaṁ śivam

tadā sukhena yujyeta

dharma-jñānādibhiḥ pumān

When the mode of goodness, which is luminous, pure and auspicious, predominates over passion and ignorance, a man becomes endowed with happiness, virtue, knowledge And other good qualities.

yadā bhajati māṁ bhaktyā

nirapekṣaḥ sva-karmabhiḥ

taṁ sattva-prakṛtiṁ vidyāt

puruṣaṁ striyam eva vā

Any person, whether man or woman, who worships Me with loving devotion, offering his or her prescribed duties unto Me without material attachment, is understood to be situated In goodness.

kaivalyaṁ sāttvikaṁ jñānaṁ

rajo vaikalpikaṁ ca yat

prākṛtaṁ tāmasaṁ jñānaṁ

man-niṣṭhaṁ nirguṇaṁ smṛtam

Absolute knowledge is in the mode of goodness, knowledge based on duality is in the mode of passion, and foolish, materialistic knowledge is in the mode of ignorance. Knowledge based upon Me, however, is understood to be transcendental.