sattvaá¹ rajas tama iti
bhavataḥ praká¹›ter guṇÄḥ
teá¹£u hi prÄká¹›tÄḥ protÄ
Ä-brahma-sthÄvarÄdayaḥ

 sattvam - goodness; rajaḥ - passion; tamaḥ - ignorance; iti - thus known; bhavataḥ - Your; praká¹›teḥ - of the material nature; guṇÄḥ - the qualities; teá¹£u - to them; hi - certainly; prÄká¹›tÄḥ - the conditioned living entities; protÄḥ - woven; Ä-brahma - up to Lord BrahmÄ; sthÄvara-Ädayaḥ - starting with the nonmoving creatures.


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Goodness, passion and ignorance, the qualities of Your material nature, entangle all conditioned living beings, from BrahmÄ down to the nonmoving creatures.

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