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brahmovāca / (1.1) Par.?

naiva śakyā guṇā vaktuṃ pṛthaktveneha sarvaśaḥ / (1.2) Par.?

avicchinnāni dṛśyante rajaḥ sattvaṃ tamastathā // (1.3) Par.?

anyonyam anuṣajjante anyonyaṃ cānujīvinaḥ / (2.1) Par.?

anyonyāpāśrayāḥ sarve tathānyonyānuvartinaḥ // (2.2) Par.?

yāvat sattvaṃ tamastāvad vartate nātra saṃśayaḥ / (3.1) Par.?

yāvat tamaśca sattvaṃ ca rajastāvad ihocyate // (3.2) Par.?

saṃhatya kurvate yātrāṃ sahitāḥ saṃghacāriṇaḥ / (4.1) Par.?

saṃghātavṛttayo hyete vartante hetvahetubhiḥ // (4.2) Par.?

udrekavyatirekāṇāṃ teṣām anyonyavartinām / (5.1) Par.?

vartate tad yathānyūnaṃ vyatiriktaṃ ca sarvaśaḥ // (5.2) Par.?

vyatiriktaṃ tamo yatra tiryagbhāvagataṃ bhavet / (6.1) Par.?

alpaṃ tatra rajo jñeyaṃ sattvaṃ cālpataraṃ tataḥ // (6.2) Par.?

udriktaṃ ca rajo yatra madhyasrotogataṃ bhavet / (7.1) Par.?

alpaṃ tatra tamo jñeyaṃ sattvaṃ cālpataraṃ tataḥ // (7.2) Par.?

udriktaṃ ca yadā sattvam ūrdhvasrotogataṃ bhavet / (8.1) Par.?

alpaṃ tatra rajo jñeyaṃ tamaścālpataraṃ tataḥ // (8.2) Par.?

sattvaṃ vaikārikaṃ yonir indriyāṇāṃ prakāśikā / (9.1) Par.?

na hi sattvāt paro bhāvaḥ kaścid anyo vidhīyate // (9.2) Par.?

ūrdhvaṃ gacchanti sattvasthā madhye tiṣṭhanti rājasāḥ / (10.1) Par.?

jaghanyaguṇasaṃyuktā yāntyadhastāmasā janāḥ // (10.2) Par.?

tamaḥ śūdre rajaḥ kṣatre brāhmaṇe sattvam uttamam / (11.1) Par.?

ityevaṃ triṣu varṇeṣu vivartante guṇāstrayaḥ // (11.2) Par.?

dūrād api hi dṛśyante sahitāḥ saṃghacāriṇaḥ / (12.1) Par.?

tamaḥ sattvaṃ rajaścaiva pṛthaktvaṃ nānuśuśruma // (12.2) Par.?

dṛṣṭvā cādityam udyantaṃ kucorāṇāṃ bhayaṃ bhavet / (13.1) Par.?

adhvagāḥ paritapyeraṃstṛṣṇārtā duḥkhabhāginaḥ // (13.2) Par.?

ādityaḥ sattvam uddiṣṭaṃ kucorāstu yathā tamaḥ / (14.1) Par.?

paritāpo 'dhvagānāṃ ca rājaso guṇa ucyate // (14.2) Par.?

prākāśyaṃ sattvam āditye saṃtāpo rājaso guṇaḥ / (15.1) Par.?

upaplavastu vijñeyastāmasastasya parvasu // (15.2) Par.?

evaṃ jyotiḥṣu sarveṣu vivartante guṇāstrayaḥ / (16.1) Par.?

paryāyeṇa ca vartante tatra tatra tathā tathā // (16.2) Par.?

sthāvareṣu ca bhūteṣu tiryagbhāvagataṃ tamaḥ / (17.1) Par.?

rājasāstu vivartante snehabhāvastu sāttvikaḥ // (17.2) Par.?

ahastridhā tu vijñeyaṃ tridhā rātrir vidhīyate / (18.1) Par.?

māsārdhamāsavarṣāṇi ṛtavaḥ saṃdhayastathā // (18.2) Par.?

tridhā dānāni dīyante tridhā yajñaḥ pravartate / (19.1) Par.?

tridhā lokāstridhā vedāstridhā vidyāstridhā gatiḥ // (19.2) Par.?

bhūtaṃ bhavyaṃ bhaviṣyacca dharmo 'rthaḥ kāma ityapi / (20.1) Par.?

prāṇāpānāvudānaś cāpyeta eva trayo guṇāḥ // (20.2) Par.?

yat kiṃcid iha vai loke sarvam eṣveva tat triṣu / (21.1) Par.?

trayo guṇāḥ pravartante avyaktā nityam eva tu / (21.2) Par.?

sattvaṃ rajastamaścaiva guṇasargaḥ sanātanaḥ // (21.3) Par.?

tamo 'vyaktaṃ śivaṃ nityam ajaṃ yoniḥ sanātanaḥ / (22.1) Par.?

prakṛtir vikāraḥ pralayaḥ pradhānaṃ prabhavāpyayau // (22.2) Par.?

anudriktam anūnaṃ ca hyakampam acalaṃ dhruvam / (23.1) Par.?

sad asaccaiva tat sarvam avyaktaṃ triguṇaṃ smṛtam / (23.2) Par.?

jñeyāni nāmadheyāni narair adhyātmacintakaiḥ // (23.3) Par.?

avyaktanāmāni guṇāṃśca tattvato yo veda sarvāṇi gatīśca kevalāḥ / (24.1) Par.?

vimuktadehaḥ pravibhāgatattvavit sa mucyate sarvaguṇair nirāmayaḥ // (24.2) Par.?