सत्त्वं रजस्तम इति स्थित्युत्पत्त्यन्तहेतव: । रजसोत्पद्यते विश्वमन्योन्यं विविधं जगत् ॥ २२ ॥
sattvaṁ rajas tama iti sthity-utpatty-anta-hetavaḥ rajasotpadyate viśvam anyonyaṁ vividhaṁ jagat
- sattvam
- goodness
- rajaḥ
- passion
- tamaḥ
- and ignorance
- iti
- thus
- sthiti
- of maintenance
- utpatti
- creation
- anta
- and destruction
- hetavaḥ
- the causes
- rajasā
- by the mode of passion
- utpadyate
- is generated
- viśvam
- this universe
- anyonyam
- by combination of male and female
- vividham
- becomes variegated
- jagat
- the world
The causes of creation, maintenance and destruction are the three modes of nature — namely goodness, passion and ignorance. In particular, the mode of passion creates this universe and through sexual combination causes it to become full of variety.