सत्त्वात्सञ्जायते ज्ञानं रजसो लोभ एव च | प्रमादमोहौ तमसो भवतोऽज्ञानमेव च
sattvātsañjāyate jñānaṃ rajaso lobha eva ca . pramādamohau tamaso bhavato.ajñānameva ca
萨堠（sattva）生知识，罗阇（rajas）生贪婪。答摩（tamas）生疏忽、错觉与无知。
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.
当萨堠（sattva）占主导时，知识便会生起，如同太阳带来白昼，萨堠启迪智慧。贪婪如火般永不满足，带来痛苦和磨难，它由罗阇（rajas）而生。罗阇制造永不满足的欲望，使人对他人利益和感受视而不见。罗阇之人将他人视为工具，为自己的进步或扩张所用。答摩则产生短视、迟钝和无知。答摩之人不考虑未来的后果，完全将自己等同于身体，若身体受损或被诽谤，便会与人争斗。他准备好采取任何罪恶的报复行为，缺乏分寸感和平衡感。
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.