Shabdakalpadruma 373.14

373.14

“rakṣānadeśājjagihomadhegoḥ
bandhān vineṣyanniva duṣṭasattvān |”)
sattvatā, strī, sattvasya bhāvaḥ | sattvaśabdāt bhāve
tapratyayānantaraṃ āppratyayena niṣpannā
sattvasampannaḥ, tri, (sattvaṃ sampannaḥ | ) sattvaprāptaḥ
iti lokaprasiddhiḥ
sattvasyaḥ, tri, (sattve tiṣṭhatīti | sthā+kaḥ |)
sattvavṛttiśālī | sattvapradhānaḥ | yathā, —
“ūrddha gacchanti sattvasthā madhye tiṣṭhanti rājasāḥ
jaghanyaguṇavṛttasthā adho gacchanti tāmasāḥ ||”
iti bhagavadgītāyām