sattvam rajas tama iti prakrter gunas tair
yuktah parah purusa eka ihasya dhatte
sthity-adaye hari-virinci-hareti samjnah
sreyamsi tatra khalu sattva-tanor nrnam syuh
sattvam-goodness; rajah-passion; tamah-darkness of ignorance; iti-thus; prakrteh-of the material nature; gunah-qualities; taih-by them; yuktah-associated with; parah-transcendental; purusah-the personality; ekah-one; ihasya-of this material world; dhatte-accepts; sthiti-adaye-for the matter of creation, maintenance and destruction, etc.; hari-Visnu, the Personality of Godhead; virinci-Brahma; hara-Lord Siva; iti-thus; samjnah-different features; sreyamsi-ultimate benefit; tatra-therein; khalu-of course; sattva-goodness; tanoh-form; nrnam-of the human being; syuh-derived.