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Bhagavad Gita 14.5

सत्त्वं रजस्तम इति गुणाः प्रकृतिसंभवाः।निबध्नन्ति महाबाहो देहे देहिनमव्ययम्।।

sattvaṁ rajas tama iti guṇāḥ prakṛiti-sambhavāḥ nibadhnanti mahā-bāho dehe dehinam avyayam

Word-by-Word

SanskritTransliterationMeaning
sattvamsattvammode of goodness
rajaḥrajaḥmode of passion
tamaḥtamaḥmode of ignorance
itiitithus
guṇāḥguṇāḥmodes
prakṛitiprakṛitimaterial nature
sambhavāḥsambhavāḥconsists of
nibadhnantinibadhnantibind
mahā-bāhomahā-bāhomighty-armed one
dehedehein the body
dehinamdehinamthe embodied soul
avyayamavyayameternal

These qualities, O Arjuna, born of Nature, bind fast in the body of the embodied, the indestructible: purity, passion, and inertia.

हे महाबाहो ! सत्त्व, रज और तम ये प्रकृति से उत्पन्न तीनों गुण देही आत्मा को देह के साथ बांध देते हैं।।