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TEXT 5
sattvam rajas tama iti
gunah prakrti-sambhavah
nibadhnanti maha-baho
dehe dehinam avyayam
SYNONYMS
sattvammode of goodness; rajahmode of passion; tamahmode of ignorance; itithus; gunahqualities; prakrtimaterial nature; sambhavahproduced of; nibadhnantidoes condition; maha-bahoO mighty-armed one; dehein this body; dehinamthe living entity; avyayameternal.
 The three modes of material nature. 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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