The Bhagavad Gita by Eknath Easwaran

The Forces of Evolution ╯
action. 8 Tamas, born of ignorance, deludes all
creatures through heedlessness, indolence, and sleep.
9
Sattva binds us to happiness; rajas
binds us to action. Tamas, distorting our
understanding, binds us to delusion.
10
Sattva predominates when rajas and tamas
are transformed. Rajas prevails when sattva
is weak and tamas overcome. Tamas prevails
when rajas and sattva are dormant.
11
When sattva predominates, the light of wisdom
shines through every gate of the body. 12 When
rajas predominates, a person runs about pursuing
selfish and greedy ends, driven by restlessness and
desire. 13 When tamas is dominant a person lives in
darkness – slothful, confused, and easily infatuated.
14
Those dying in the state of sattva attain the pure
worlds of the wise. 15 Those dying in rajas are reborn
among people driven by work. But those who die in
tamas are conceived in the wombs of the ignorant.
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