सत्त्वं रजस्तम इति गुणाः प्रकृतिसम्भवाः | निबध्नन्ति महाबाहो देहे देहिनमव्ययम् ||१४-५||
sattvaṃ rajastama iti guṇāḥ prakṛtisambhavāḥ . nibadhnanti mahābāho dehe dehinamavyayam ||14-5||
- sattvam
- the mode of goodness
- rajaḥ
- the mode of passion
- tamaḥ
- the mode of ignorance
- iti
- thus
- guṇāḥ
- the qualities
- prakṛti
- material nature
- sambhavāḥ
- produced of
- nibadhnanti
- do condition
- mahā-bāho
- O mighty-armed one
- dehe
- in this body
- dehinam
- the living entity
- avyayam
- eternal
Material nature consists of three modes – goodness, passion and ignorance. When the eternal living entity comes in contact with nature, O mighty-armed Arjuna, he becomes conditioned by these modes.