Canto 2 -
Ayodhyā-kāṇḍa
Chapter 106: Bharata Persists in His Request
Text 2.106.6
अमरोपमसत्त्वस्त्वं महात्मा सत्यसङ्गरः।
सर्वज्ञः सर्वदर्शी च बुद्धिमांश्चासि राघव॥
amaropama sattvas tvaṁ mahātmā satya-saṅgaraḥ
sarvajñaḥ sarvadarśī ca buddhimāṁś cāsi rāghava
amara-upama = You are like deva; sattvaḥ = You promote the mode of goodness; tvam = You are; mahātmā = greatly tolerant; satya-saṅgaraḥ = therefore true to Your promises; sarvajñaḥ = all knowing; sarvadarśī ca = all-seeing; buddhimān = intelligent; ca = and; asi = You are; rāghava = O descendant of Raghu.
“You are like a deva. You promote the mode of goodness. You are greatly tolerant and therefore true to Your promises. You are all-knowing, all-seeing and intelligent, O descendant of Raghu!
Rāma promotes the mode of goodness, that is, He propagates philosophical wisdom that is an effect of the mode of goodness, to His surrendered devotees, for the Śruti states that the Supreme Being alone propagates the mode of goodness: sattvasyaiṣa pravartakaḥ (Śvetāśvara Upaniṣad 3.12).1
The second line of the verse points out that Rāma knows about the past, present and future of every entity.2
GLOSS. Rāma has the strength possessed by the devas. He knows everything in general and in detail, and witnesses everything.
NOTE. It should be noted that though the Supreme Personality of Godhead promotes the mode of goodness, He is neither qualified by the mode of goodness (or passion or ignorance) nor influenced by matter:
tribhir guṇa-mayair bhāvair ebhiḥ sarvam idaṁ jagat
mohitaṁ nābhijānāti mām ebhyaḥ param avyayam
“Deluded by the three modes [goodness, passion and ignorance], the whole world does not know Me, who am above the modes and inexhaustible.” (Bhagavad-gītā 7.13)
How can the source of the impersonal Brahman effulgence so adored by the impersonalists be qualified by any of the modes of material nature?3