सत्त्वं रजस्तम इति भवत: प्रकृतेर्गुणा: । तेषु हि प्राकृता: प्रोता आब्रह्मस्थावरादय: ॥ ११ ॥
sattvaṁ rajas tama iti bhavataḥ prakṛter guṇāḥ teṣu hi prākṛtāḥ protā ā-brahma-sthāvarādayaḥ
- sattvam
- goodness
- rajaḥ
- passion
- tamaḥ
- ignorance
- iti
- thus known
- bhavataḥ
- Your
- prakṛteḥ
- of the material nature
- guṇāḥ
- the qualities
- teṣu
- to them
- hi
- certainly
- prākṛtāḥ
- the conditioned living entities
- protāḥ
- woven
- ā-brahma
- up to Lord Brahmā
- sthāvara-ādayaḥ
- starting with the nonmoving creatures
Goodness, passion and ignorance, the qualities of Your material nature, entangle all conditioned living beings, from Brahmā down to the nonmoving creatures.