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of the modes of material nature. We will worship
only that personality who is completely above the
influence of the material modes of nature (goodness,
passion and ignorance). Narada echoed the words of
Lord Krishna from the Bhagavad-gita that confirmed
his statements. The Lord says, “Know that all
states of being — be they of goodness, passion or
ignorance — are manifested by My energy. I am, in
one sense, everything, but I am independent. I am
not under the modes of material nature, for they, on
the contrary, are within Me. Deluded by the three
modes [goodness, passion and ignorance], the whole
world does not know Me, who am above the modes
and inexhaustible. (Bg 7. 12-13)
The Supreme God cannot be subject or subordinate
to His own material nature and its laws. One may
use an example to understand this point. A king
might visit a prison in his kingdom. At no time is he
a prisoner even though he may be in the prison for
a visit. Everyone in the material world is a prisoner
of the modes of nature and they are influenced to
act in certain ways that keep them bound up in the
cycle of birth and death. The Supreme Personality
of Godhead, however, is the creator and controller
of the laws of nature. Even when He appears as an
avatar (incarnation) or in His original form as Lord

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