All the three states which exist, viz., Sativa, Rajas, and Tamas, attach to those three (viz., Mind, Understanding, and Consciousness), and like the spokes of a car-wheel acting for their attachment, to the circumference of the wheel, they follow the various objects.
ये चैव भावा वर्तन्ते सर्व एष्वेव ते त्रिषु। अन्वर्थाः सम्प्रवर्तन्ते रथनेमिमरा इव॥