सत्त्वात्सञ्जायते ज्ञानं रजसो लोभ एव च | प्रमादमोहौ तमसो भवतोऽज्ञानमेव च
sattvātsañjāyate jñānaṃ rajaso lobha eva ca . pramādamohau tamaso bhavato.ajñānameva ca
從悅性生起知識，從變性則生貪婪；從惰性生起疏忽與迷惑，以及無明。
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.
當悅性（sattva）佔主導時，知識便會生起，如同太陽帶來光明，啟迪智慧。變性（rajas）則引發貪婪，這種貪婪如火般永不滿足，帶來痛苦，使人盲目於他人的利益與感受，將他人視為自我提升的工具。惰性（tamas）則產生短視、遲鈍和無明，使人無視未來後果，完全認同身體，並因身體受損或被惡言相向而與人爭鬥，甚至不惜為報復而行惡，缺乏分寸與平衡感。
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.