TEXT 23
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
SYNONYMS
sattvam—goodness; rajah—passion; tamah—the 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; iha asya—of this material world; dhatte—accepts; sthiti-adaye—for the matter of creation, maintenance and destruction, etc.; hariVisnu, the Personality of Godhead; virinciBrahma; 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.