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
| Sanskrit | Transliteration | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| sattvam | sattvam | mode of goodness |
| rajaḥ | rajaḥ | mode of passion |
| tamaḥ | tamaḥ | mode of ignorance |
| iti | iti | thus |
| guṇāḥ | guṇāḥ | modes |
| prakṛiti | prakṛiti | material nature |
| sambhavāḥ | sambhavāḥ | consists of |
| nibadhnanti | nibadhnanti | bind |
| mahā-bāho | mahā-bāho | mighty-armed one |
| dehe | dehe | in the body |
| dehinam | dehinam | the embodied soul |
| avyayam | avyayam | eternal |
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।।