ये चैव सात्त्विका भावा राजसास्तामसाश्च ये | मत्त एवेति तान्विद्धि न त्वहं तेषु ते मयि
ye caiva sāttvikā bhāvā rājasāstāmasāśca ye . matta eveti tānviddhi na tvahaṃ teṣu te mayi
凡是悦性（sattva）的存在，以及变性（rajas）和惰性（tamas）的存在，须知它们皆由我而生。然而，我不在它们之中，它们却在我之中！
Those things that indeed are made of (the ality of ) sattva, and those things that are made of (the ality of) rajas and tamas, know them to have sprung from Me alone. However, I am not in them; they are in Me!
这个世界由三种古纳（guna，德性）构成：悦性（sattva，纯净）、变性（rajas，激情）和惰性（tamas，迟钝）。所有有情和无情之物都是这三种自然德性的聚合体，其中一种德性占据主导地位，并赋予该物独特的特性。尽管这些存在和事物源于我，但我并非在它们之中，而是它们在我之中，我独立于它们，是它们的支撑。
This is a world of the three Gunas? viz.? Sattva (purity)? Rajas (passion) and Tamas (inertia). All sentient and insentient objects are the aggregate of these three alities of Nature. One ality predominates in them and the predominant ality imparts to the object its distinctive character or definite properties.In the gods? sages milk and green gram? Sattva is predominant. In Gandharvas (a class of celestials)? kings? warriors and chillies? Rajas is predominant. In demons? Sudras? garlic? onion and meat? Tamas is predominant.Though these beings and objects proceed from Me? I am not in them they are in Me. I am independent. I am the support for them they depend on Me just as the superimposed snake depends on the rope. The snake is in the rope? but the rope is never in the snake. The waves belong to the ocean but the ocean does not belong to the waves. (Cf.IX.4and6)