ŚB 10.40.11
Devanagari
सत्त्वं रजस्तम इति भवत: प्रकृतेर्गुणा: ।
तेषु हि प्राकृता: प्रोता आब्रह्मस्थावरादय: ॥ ११ ॥
तेषु हि प्राकृता: प्रोता आब्रह्मस्थावरादय: ॥ ११ ॥
Verse text
sattvaṁ rajas tama iti
bhavataḥ prakṛter guṇāḥ
teṣu hi prākṛtāḥ protā
ā-brahma-sthāvarādayaḥ
bhavataḥ prakṛter guṇāḥ
teṣu hi prākṛtāḥ protā
ā-brahma-sthāvarādayaḥ
Synonyms
sattvam — goodness; rajaḥ — passion; tamaḥ — ignorance; iti — thus known; bhavataḥ — Your; prakṛteḥ — of the material nature; guṇāḥ — the qualities; teṣu — to them; hi — certainly; prākṛtāḥ — the conditioned living entities; protāḥ — woven; ā-brahma — up to Lord Brahmā; sthāvara-ādayaḥ — starting with the nonmoving creatures.
Translation
Goodness, passion and ignorance, the qualities of Your material nature, entangle all conditioned living beings, from Brahmā down to the nonmoving creatures.