मनो गुणान् वै सृजते बलीय- स्ततश्च कर्माणि विलक्षणानि । शुक्लानि कृष्णान्यथ लोहितानि तेभ्य: सवर्णा: सृतयो भवन्ति ॥ ४३ ॥
mano guṇān vai sṛjate balīyas tataś ca karmāṇi vilakṣaṇāni śuklāni kṛṣṇāny atha lohitāni tebhyaḥ sa-varṇāḥ sṛtayo bhavanti
- manaḥ
- the mind
- guṇān
- the activities of the modes of nature
- vai
- indeed
- sṛjate
- manifests
- balīyaḥ
- very strong
- tataḥ
- by those qualities
- ca
- and
- karmāṇi
- material activities
- vilakṣaṇāni
- of different varieties
- śuklāni
- white (in the mode of goodness)
- kṛṣṇāni
- black (in the mode of ignorance)
- atha
- and
- lohitāni
- red (in the mode of passion)
- tebhyaḥ
- from those activities
- sa-varṇāḥ
- having the same corresponding colors
- sṛtayaḥ
- created conditions
- bhavanti
- arise
The powerful mind actuates the functions of the material modes, from which evolve the different kinds of material activities in the modes of goodness, ignorance and passion. From the activities in each of these modes develop the corresponding statuses of life.