“The three guṇas known as sattva, rajas and tamas take on many transformations and keep manifesting in Prakṛti; that is why such changes come about in Prakṛti. The ‘Ātma’ is Caitanya, radiant in form; it has no modifications of the guṇas whatever, and no stain of any kind comes upon it. Buddhi, Manas, the body and all the rest are forms of Prakṛti, so there are defects in them according to the guṇas that predominate within them.”