samah -- mind control; damah -- sense control; titiksha -- tolerance; iksha -- discrimination; tapah -- strictly following one's prescribed duty; satyam -- truthfulness; daya -- mercy; smritih -- observation of the past and future; tushtih -- satisfaction; tyagah -- generosity; aspriha -- detachment from sense gratification; sraddha -- faith (in the guru and other bona fide authorities); hrih -- shame (due to improper activities); daya-adih -- charity, simplicity, humility and so on; sva-nirvritih -- taking one's pleasure from within; kamah -- material desire; iha -- endeavor; madah -- audacity; trishna -- dissatisfaction even in gain; stambhah -- false pride; asih -- praying to the demigods and other deities with desire for material gain; bhida -- separatist mentality; sukham -- sense gratification; mada-utsahah -- courage based on intoxication; yasah-pritih -- being fond of praise; hasyam -- indulging in ridicule; viryam -- advertising one's power; bala-udyamah -- acting on the sanction of one's own strength; krodhah -- intolerant anger; lobhah -- stinginess; anritam -- false speech (speaking what is not stated in scripture as if it were evidence); himsa -- enmity; yacna -- begging; dambhah -- hypocrisy; klamah -- fatigue; kalih -- quarrel; soka-mohau -- lamentation and delusion; vishada-arti -- unhappiness and false humility; nidra -- sloth; asa -- false expectations; bhih -- fear; anudyamah -- lack of endeavor; sattvasya -- of the mode of goodness; rajasah -- of the mode of passion; ca -- and; etah -- these; tamasah -- of the mode of ignorance; ca -- and; anupurvasah -- one after another; vrittayah -- the functions; varnita -- have been described; prayah -- for the most part; sannipatam -- the combination of these; atho -- now; srinu -- please hear.

Mind and sense control, tolerance, discrimination, sticking to one's prescribed duty, truthfulness, mercy, careful study of the past and future, satisfaction in any condition, generosity, renunciation of sense gratification, faith in the spiritual master, being embarrassed at improper action, charity, simplicity, humbleness and satisfaction within oneself are qualities of the mode of goodness. Material desire, great endeavor, audacity, dissatisfaction even in gain, false pride, praying for material advancement, considering oneself different and better than others, sense gratification, rash eagerness to fight, a fondness for hearing oneself praised, the tendency to ridicule others, advertising one's own prowess and justifying one's actions by one's strength are qualities of the mode of passion. Intolerant anger, stinginess, speaking without scriptural authority, violent hatred, living as a parasite, hypocrisy, chronic fatigue, quarrel, lamentation, delusion, unhappiness, depression, sleeping too much, false expectations, fear and laziness constitute the major qualities of the mode of ignorance. Now please hear about the combination of these three modes.