svanivrtti.

 Uddhava wonders why a person behaves differently at different times. Lord Krishna explains that this is due to the three gunas sattva, rajas and tamas. Each of these gunas results in certain traits in a person. fifteen qualities result from sattva. They are sama, dama,titiksha, eeksha, tapa, satya, daya,smriti tushti tyaga asprta, sraddha, heer, dayaadi and svanivrtti.

sama means control over the mind, dama means control over the indriyas, titiksha means patience, eeksha means the quality of analysing to find out what is good and what is bad, tapha means observing one's dharma, satya is speaking the truth, daya means mercy, smriti is thinking of the Lord's mercy, tushti is being content with what one has, tyaaga is surrendering all ones actions to the Lords feet,asprta means having vairagya, that is being unattached to anything that is worldly, sraddha is dedication, heer is being ashamed of sin, dayaaadi is giving dana, svanivrtti is being simple.

a person with sattva guna believes in dharma anushtana. a person with rajas is pleasure seeking, a person with tamas is interested only in wealth. A combination of the three gunas in a person results in his behaving differently at different times. His behaviour depends upon which of the gunas is dominant at that moment. a person has all the three gunas for it is he who does rituals to gain an advantage, he leads the life of grihastha and observes his dharma, while earning to run his family. what one should do is surrender the fruits of his karma to the lord sattva lies in this act only.