सत्त्वात्सञ्जायते ज्ञानं रजसो लोभ एव च | प्रमादमोहौ तमसो भवतोऽज्ञानमेव च
sattvātsañjāyate jñānaṃ rajaso lobha eva ca . pramādamohau tamaso bhavato.ajñānameva ca
Du sattva naît la connaissance, et du rajas, assurément, l'avidité. Du tamas proviennent l'inattention et l'illusion, ainsi que l'ignorance, à coup sûr.
From sattva is born knowledge [Knowledge acired through the sense-organs.], and from rajas, verily, avarice. From tamas are born inadvertence and delusion as also ignorance, to be sure.
Lorsque le sattva prédomine, il éveille la connaissance, tout comme le soleil apporte la lumière du jour, illuminant l'intellect. L'avidité, insatiable comme le feu, source de misère et de douleur, naît du rajas, qui engendre un désir incessant et rend aveugle aux intérêts d'autrui. L'homme rajasique utilise les autres comme des outils pour son propre avancement. Le tamas, quant à lui, produit la myopie spirituelle, la torpeur et l'ignorance. L'homme tamasique ne considère pas les conséquences futures, s'identifie entièrement au corps et est prêt à commettre des actes répréhensibles en représailles, manquant de proportion et d'équilibre.
From Sattva When Sattva becomes predominant. Sattva awakesn knowledge just as the sun causes daylight. Sattva enlightens the intellect.Greed is insatiable like fire. Greed brings misery and pain. Greed is born of Rajas. Rajas creates insatiable desire. Rajas makes one blind to the interests and the feelings of others. A Rajasic man treats others as tools to be utilised for his own selfadvancement or selfaggrandisement.Tamas produces shortsightedness? torpor and ignorance. A Tamasic man does not think a bit of the future conseences. He completely identifies himself with the body and begins to fight with people if they injure his body or speak ill of him. He is ready to do any sinful act in retaliation. He has no sense of proportion and no sense of balance or poise.