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SB 10.40.11

Devanāgarī

सत्त्वं रजस्तम इति भवत: प्रकृतेर्गुणा: । तेषु हि प्राकृता: प्रोता आब्रह्मस्थावरादय: ॥ ११ ॥

Text

sattvaṁ rajas tama iti bhavataḥ prakṛter guṇāḥ teṣu hi prākṛtāḥ protā ā-brahma-sthāvarādayaḥ

Synonyms

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.

Translation

Goodness, passion and ignorance, the qualities of Your material nature, entangle all conditioned living beings, from Brahmā down to the nonmoving creatures.

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