SB 10.40.11

Srimad-Bhagavatam, Tenth Canto, Chapter 40: The Prayers of Akrūra

SB 10.40.10

SB 10.40.12

His Divine Grace
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.