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Bhagavad-gītā 14.5
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A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
TEXT 5
- सत्त्वं रजस्तम इति गुणाः प्रकृतिसम्भवाः ।
- निबध्नन्ति महाबाहो देहे देहिनमव्ययम् ॥५॥
- sattvaṁ rajas tama iti
- guṇāḥ prakṛti-sambhavāḥ
- nibadhnanti mahā-bāho
- dehe dehinam avyayam
sattvamthe mode of goodness — the mode of goodness; rajaḥthe mode of passion — the mode of passion; tamaḥthe mode of ignorance — the mode of ignorance; itithus — thus; guṇāḥthe qualities — the qualities; prakṛtimaterial nature — material nature; sambhavāḥproduced of — produced of; nibadhnantido condition — do condition; mahāO mighty-armed one-bāhoO mighty-armed one — O mighty-armed one; dehein this body — in this body; dehinamthe living entity — the living entity; avyayameternal — eternal.
Material nature consists of three modes—goodness, passion and ignorance. When the eternal living entity comes in contact with nature, O mighty-armed Arjuna, he becomes conditioned by these modes.
The living entity, because he is transcendental, has nothing to do with this material nature. Still, because he has become conditioned by the material world, he is acting under the spell of the three modes of material nature. Because living entities have different kinds of bodies, in terms of the different aspects of nature, they are induced to act according to that nature. This is the cause of the varieties of happiness and distress.