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Bhagavad Gītā (Kashmirian recension)14.5

14.5
सत्त्वं रजस्तम इति गुणाः प्रकृतिसम्भवाः । निबध्नन्ति महाबाहो देहे देहिनमव्ययम् ॥ १४-५ ॥
sattvaṃ rajastama iti guṇāḥ prakṛtisambhavāḥ | nibadhnanti mahābāho dehe dehinamavyayam || 14-5 ||
— sattva, rajas, tamas — thus the qualities ; — born of material nature ; — they bind, O mighty-armed one ; — the imperishable embodied one within the body

Sattva, rajas, and tamas — these qualities, born of material nature, bind, O mighty-armed one, the imperishable embodied one within the body.