Meaning in this text
The three qualities or strands of material nature (prakriti): sattva (purity, clarity), rajas (activity, passion), and tamas (inertia, darkness). The Bhagavatam associates sattva with Vishnu, rajas with Brahma, and tamas with Shiva. Pure devotion (suddha-bhakti) transcends all three gunas.
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