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TEXT 5 sattvam rajas tama iti
SYNONYMS  sattvam--mode
of goodness; rajah--mode of passion; tamah--mode of ignorance;
iti--thus; gunah--qualities; prakrti--material nature;
sambhavah--produced of; nibadhnanti--does condition; maha-baho--O
mighty-armed one; dehe--in this body; dehinam--the living
entity; avyayam--eternal.
TRANSLATION Material
nature consists of the three modes--goodness, passion and ignorance. When
the living entity comes in contact with nature, he becomes conditioned
by these modes.
PURPORT 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.
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