Bhagavad Gītā Chapter Thirteen verse 21
puruṣaḥ prakṛtistho hi bhuṅkte prakṛtijān guṇān |
kāraṇaṃ guṇasaṅgo ’sya sadasadyonijanmasu ||
puruṣa - animating principle, self, consciousness, spirit; a person, man, a human being; peopleguṇa - an ingredient or constituent or attribute of nature; a property or characteristic of all created things; qualities; a quality, peculiarity, attribute or property; the peculiar properties of the lettersjanman - birth, production; re-birthCommentaries and Reflections