सत्त्वं रजस्तम इति दृश्यन्ते पुरुषे गुणा: । कालसञ्चोदितास्ते वै परिवर्तन्त आत्मनि ॥ २६ ॥
sattvaṁ rajas tama iti dṛśyante puruṣe guṇāḥ kāla-sañcoditās te vai parivartanta ātmani
- sattvam
- goodness
- rajaḥ
- passion
- tamaḥ
- ignorance
- iti
- thus
- dṛśyante
- are seen
- puruṣe
- in a person
- guṇāḥ
- the modes of material nature
- kāla-sañcoditāḥ
- impelled by time
- te
- they
- vai
- indeed
- parivartante
- undergo permutation
- ātmani
- within the mind
The material modes — goodness, passion and ignorance — whose permutations are observed within a person’s mind, are set into motion by the power of time.