BG 14.5
Purity, passion, and ignorance are all born from the law of nature, and bind the soul to the body.
निबध्नन्ति महाबाहो देहे देहिनमव्ययम्
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sattvaṁ — attribute of purity
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rajas — attribute of passion
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tama — attribute of ignorance
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iti — thus
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guṇāḥ — attributes, modes, qualities
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prakṛiti-sambhavāḥ — material nature consists of
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prakṛiti — material nature
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sambhavāḥ — consists of
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nibadhnanti — bind
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mahā-bāho — mighty-armed one
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mahā
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bāho
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dehe — in the body
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dehinam — the embodied soul
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avyayam — eternal
My womb is the great Brahman, in which I plant the seed from which all beings are born. Whatever forms are produced in any womb, this great womb of Brahma is their womb, and I am their father. Purity, passion, and ignorance are all born from the law of nature, and bind the soul to the body.
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