Mahabharata · Chapter 6.38

paraṃ bhūyaḥ pravakṣyāmi jñānānāṃ jñānamuttamam /
yajjñātvā munayaḥ sarve parāṃ siddhimito gatāḥ //

idaṃ jñānamupāśritya mama sādharmyamāgatāḥ /
sarge'pi nopajāyante pralaye na vyathanti ca //

mama yonirmahadbrahma tasmingarbhaṃ dadhāmyaham /
sambhavaḥ sarvabhūtānāṃ tato bhavati bhārata //

sarvayoniṣu kaunteya mūrtayaḥ sambhavantiḥ yāḥ /
tāsāṃ brahma mahadyonirahaṃ bījapradaḥ pitā //

satvaṃ rajastama iti guṇāḥ prakṛtisambhavāḥ /
nibadhnanti mahābāho dehe dehinamavyayam //

tatra sattvaṃ nirmalatvātprakāśakamanāmayam /
sukhasaṅgena badhnāti jñānasaṅgena cānagha //

rajo rāgātmakaṃ viddhi tṛṣṇāsaṅgasamudbhavam /
tannibadhnāti kaunteya karmasaṅgena dehinam //

tamastvajñānajaṃ viddhi mohanaṃ sarvadehinām /
pramādālasyanidrābhistannibadhnāti bhārata //

satvaṃ sukhe sañjayati rajaḥ karmaṇi bhārata /
jñānamāvṛtya tu tamaḥ pramāde sañjayatyuta //

rajastamaścābhibhūya satvaṃ bhavati bhārata /
rajaḥ satvaṃ tamaścaiva tamaḥ satvaṃ rajastathā //

sarvadvāreṣu dehe'sminprākāśa upajāyate /
jñānaṃ yadā tadā vidyādvivṛddhaṃ satvamityuta //

lobhaḥ pravṛttirārambhaḥ karmaṇāmaśamaḥ spṛhā /
rajasyetāni jāyante vivṛddhe bharatarṣabha //

aprakāśo'pravṛttiśca pramādo moha eva ca /
tamasyetāni jāyante vivṛddhe kurunandana //

yadā satve pravṛddhe tu pralayaṃ yāti dehabhṛt /
tadottamavidāṃ lokānamalānpratipadyate //

rajasi pralayaṃ gatvā karmasaṅgiṣu jāyate /
tathā pralīnastamasi mūḍhayoniṣu jāyate //

karmaṇaḥ sukṛtasyāhuḥ sātvikaṃ nirmalaṃ phalam /
rajasastu phalaṃ duḥkhamajñānaṃ tamasaḥ phalam //

satvātsañjāyate jñānaṃ rajaso lobha eva ca /
pramādamohau tamaso bhavato'jñānameva ca //

ūrdhvaṃ gacchanti satvasthā madhye tiṣṭhanti rājasāḥ /
jaghanyaguṇavṛttasthā agho gacchanti tāmasāḥ //

nānyaṃ guṇebhyaḥ kartāraṃ yadā draṣṭā'nupaśyati /
guṇebhyaśca paraṃ vetti madbhāvaṃ so'dhigacchati //

guṇānetānatītya trīndehī dehasamudbhavān /
janmamṛtyujarāduḥkhairvimukto'mṛtamaśrute //
arjuna uvāca /

kairliṅgaistrīnguṇānetānīto bhavati prabho /
kimācāraḥ kathaṃ caitāṃstrīnguṇānativartate //
śrībhagavānuvāca /

prakāśaṃ ca pravṛttiṃ ca mohameva ca pāṇḍava /
na dveṣṭi sampravṛttāni na nivṛttāni kāṅkṣati //

udāsīnavadāsīno guṇairyo na vicālyate /
guṇā vartanta ityeva yo'vatiṣṭhati neṅgate //

samaduḥkhasukhaḥ svasthaḥ samaloṣṭāśmakāñcanaḥ /
tulyapriyāpriyo dhīrastulyanindātmasaṃstutiḥ //

mānāpamānayostulyastulyo mitrāripakṣayoḥ /
sarvārambhaparityāgī guṇātītaḥ sa ucyate //

māṃ ca yo'vyabhicāreṇa bhaktiyogena sevate /
sa guṇānsamatītyaitānbrahma bhūyāya kalpate //

brahmaṇo hi pratiṣṭhāhamamṛtasyāvyayasya ca /
śāśvatasya ca dharmasya sukhasyaikāntikasya ca //