Karika 54: Where each guna prevails
The words
Translation
In the higher realms the sattva attribute (happiness) predominates, in the lower realms the tamas attribute (delusion), and in the middle realm the rajas attribute (sorrow); such is the creation, from Brahma down to a blade of grass.
The fourteen kinds of beings
From Brahma down to a blade of grass (karika 54).
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