सत्त्वं रजस्तम इति प्रकृतेर्नात्मनो गुणा: । न तेषां युगपद्राजन् ह्रास उल्लास एव वा ॥ ७ ॥
sattvam rajas tama iti prakrter natmano gunah na tesam yugapad rajan hrasa ullasa eva va
- sattvam
- the mode of goodness
- rajah
- the mode of passion
- tamah
- the mode of ignorance
- iti
- thus
- prakrteh
- of material nature
- na
- not
- atmanah
- of the spirit soul
- gunah
- qualities
- na
- not
- tesam
- of them
- yugapat
- simultaneously
- rajan
- O King
- hrasah
- diminution
- ullasah
- prominence
- eva
- certainly
- va
- or.
My dear King Pariksit, the material qualities—sattva-guna, rajo-guna and tamo-guna—all belong to the material world and do not even touch the Supreme Personality of Godhead. These three gunas cannot act by increasing or decreasing simultaneously.