Krishna diagnoses the exact reason why humanity is suffering and blind to the truth. He declares: This entire world and all living beings (sarvam idaṃ jagat) are utterly deluded, hypnotized, and bewildered (mohitaṃ) by these three specific states of being (ebhiḥ bhāvaiḥ) which are composed entirely of the three Gunas/modes of nature (tribhir guṇa-mayair). Because they are hypnotized by this three-color matrix, the world does not recognize or know Me (nābhijānāti mām), who am situated completely above and beyond these modes (ebhyaḥ param), eternal and inexhaustible (avyayam).