The qualities having their origin in Darkness, those that originate from Ignorance, and those stainless ones characterised by purity, form as it were the seed from which all embodied creatures have sprung. Amongst these, the quality of Goodness alone is the cause through which persons of pure souls succeed in attaining to Liberation.
राजसं तामसं चैव शुद्धात्मकमकल्मषम्। तत् सर्वं देहिनां बीजं सत्त्वमात्मवतः समम्॥