Sankhya Karika Verse 12

Sanskrit Verse

प्रीत्यप्रीतिविषादात्मकाः प्रकाशप्रवृत्तिनियमार्थाः । अन्योऽन्याभिभवाश्रयजननमिथुनवृत्तयश्च गुणाः ॥१२॥

Transliteration

prīti-aprīti-viṣāda-ātmakāḥ prakāśa-pravṛtti-niyamārthāḥ | anyonya-abhibhava-āśraya-janana-mithuna-vṛttayaḥ ca guṇāḥ ||

Translation

The Gunas possess the nature of pleasure, pain and dulness ; serve the purpose of illumination, activity, and restraint ; and perform the function of mutual domina tion, dependence, production, and consociation.

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Reference: Sankhya Karika