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ŚB 11.25.30

Devanagari

द्रव्यं देश: फलं कालो ज्ञानं कर्म च कारक: ।
श्रद्धावस्थाकृतिर्निष्ठा त्रैगुण्य: सर्व एव हि ॥ ३० ॥

Text

dravyaṁ deśaḥ phalaṁ kālo
jñānaṁ karma ca kārakaḥ
śraddhāvasthākṛtir niṣṭhā
trai-guṇyaḥ sarva eva hi

Synonyms

dravyam — object; deśaḥ — place; phalam — result; kālaḥ — time; jñānam — knowledge; karma — activity; ca — and; kārakaḥ — performer; śraddhā — faith; avasthā — state of consciousness; ākṛtiḥ — species; niṣṭhā — destination; trai-guṇyaḥ — partaking of the three modes; sarvaḥ — all these; eva hi — certainly.

Translation

Therefore material substance, place, result of activity, time, knowledge, work, the performer of work, faith, state of consciousness, species of life and destination after death are all based on the three modes of material nature.