SB 10.40.11
His Divine Grace
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
TEXT 11
sattvaṁ rajas tama iti
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.