The manifest, the unmanifest, and the three guṇas

SK 10

hetumad a-nityam a-vyāpi sa-kriyam an-ekam āśritaṃ liṅgam sāvayavaṃ para-tantraṃ vyaktaṃ viparītam a-vyaktam.

SK 11

tri-guṇam a-viveki viṣayaḥ sāmānyam a-cetanaṃ prasava-dharmi vyaktaṃ tathā pradhānaṃ tad-viparītas tathā ca pumān.

SK 12

prīty-a-prīti-viṣādātmakāḥ prakāśa-pravṛtti-niyamārthāḥ anyo’nyābhibhavāśraya-janana-mithuna-vṛttayaś ca guṇāḥ.

SK 13

sattvaṃ laghu prakāśakam iṣṭam upaṣṭambhakaṃ calaṃ ca rajaḥ guru varaṇakam eva tamaḥ pradīpavac cārthato vṛttiḥ.

SK 14

a-viveky-ādi hi siddhaṃ traiguṇyāt tad-viparyayābhāvāt kāraṇa-guṇātmakatvāt kāryasyā’vyaktam api siddham.