पुरुषं सत्त्वसंयुक्तमनुमीयाच्छमादिभि: । कामादिभी रजोयुक्तं क्रोधाद्यैस्तमसा युतम् ॥ ९ ॥
puruṣaṁ sattva-saṁyuktam anumīyāc chamādibhiḥ kāmādibhī rajo-yuktaṁ krodhādyais tamasā yutam
- puruṣam
- a person
- sattva-saṁyuktam
- endowed with the mode of goodness
- anumīyāt
- can be deduced
- śama-ādibhiḥ
- by his qualities of sense control and so on
- kāma-ādibhiḥ
- by lust and so on
- rajaḥ-yuktam
- one who is in the mode of passion
- krodha-ādyaiḥ
- by anger and so on
- tamasā
- with the mode of ignorance
- yutam
- one who is endowed
A person exhibiting qualities such as self-control is understood to be predominantly in the mode of goodness. Similarly, a passionate person is recognized by his lust, and one in ignorance is recognized by qualities such as anger.