Bhagavad Gita Chapter 14, Text 05

Bg 14.5

sattvam rajas tama iti
gunah prakrti-sambhavah
nibadhnanti maha-baho
dehe dehinam avyayam

Word for word: 
sattvam — the mode of goodness; rajah — the mode of passion; tamah — the mode of ignorance; iti — thus; gunah — the qualities; prakrti — material nature; sambhavah — produced of; nibadhnanti — do condition; maha-baho — O mighty-armed one; dehe — in this body; dehinam — the living entity; avyayam — eternal.

Translation by His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Srila Prabhupada:
Material nature consists of three modes – goodness, passion and ignorance. When the eternal living entity comes in contact with nature, O mighty-armed Arjuna, he becomes conditioned by these modes.

Purport by His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Srila Prabhupada:
The living entity, because he is transcendental, has nothing to do with this material nature. Still, because he has become conditioned by the material world, he is acting under the spell of the three modes of material nature. Because living entities have different kinds of bodies, in terms of the different aspects of nature, they are induced to act according to that nature. This is the cause of the varieties of happiness and distress.