Bhagavatapurana 2.10.41

2.10.41

sattvaṃ rajastama iti tisraḥ suranṛnārakāḥ /
tatrāpyekaikaśo rājan bhidyante gatayastridhā /
yadaikaikataro 'nyābhyāṃ svabhāva upahanyate //

41. These courses are three as they depend upon the three qualities of Satva, Rajas and Tamas and are represented by three classes of beings, namely, the celestials, human beings and infernal beings; even of these three, O king, the courses of each may be of three varieties, according as the nature of any one of the qualities is overpowered and changed by the other two.