Srimad Bhagavatam — Ekadasha Skandha, Shloka 4
Guṇa-viveka, Haṁsa-gītā, and the Yoga that Cuts False Ego
आगमोऽप: प्रजा देश: काल: कर्म च जन्म च । ध्यानं मन्त्रोऽथ संस्कारो दशैते गुणहेतव: ॥ ४ ॥
āgamo ’paḥ prajā deśaḥ kālaḥ karma ca janma ca dhyānaṁ mantro ’tha saṁskāro daśaite guṇa-hetavaḥ
聖典、水、子や人々との交わり、土地、時、行為、出生、瞑想、マントラの唱誦、浄化の儀礼——この十が、自然のグナが種々に顕れる因である。
The ten items mentioned above possess superior and inferior qualities and are thus identified as being in goodness, passion or ignorance. One can increase the mode of goodness by selecting religious scriptures in goodness, pure water, friendship with other persons in goodness, and so on. One should scrupulously avoid any of these ten items that may be polluted by an inferior mode of nature.
FAQs
It lists ten factors—scripture, water, people/progeny, place, time, karma, birth, meditation, mantra, and saṁskāra—as causes that generate and shape the influence of sattva, rajas, and tamas.
To help Uddhava understand how material conditioning arises and how it can be purified or transcended through right guidance, practices, and environment while pursuing devotion.
Choose uplifting association and environment, regulate habits and work, follow authentic śāstra, keep purity (including water and cleanliness), and adopt steady sādhana—meditation, mantra-japa, and purifying disciplines (saṁskāras/practices).