Karika 23

अध्यवसायो बुद्धिर्धर्मो ज्ञानं विराग ऐश्वर्यम्।
सात्त्विकमेतद्रूपं तामसमस्माद्विपर्यस्तम्॥ २३॥

Translation by Henry Thomas Colebrooke (1837): Ascertainment is intellect. Virtue, knowledge, dispassion, and power are its faculties, partaking of goodness. Those partaking of darkness are the reverse.

Translation by John Davies (1881): Intellect is the distinguishing principle (adhyavasāya). Virtue, knowledge, freedom from passion, and power denote it when affected by (the mode) 'goodness'; when affected by 'darkness' it is the reverse of these.

Translation by Ganganath Jha (1896): Buddhi is the determining Principle (Will); Virtue, Wisdom, Dispassion and Power constitute its form (when affected by Goodness), and the reverse of these when affected by Darkness.

Translation by Nandalal Sinha (1915): Ascertainment is Buddhi. Virtue, knowledge, dispassion and power are its forms or manifestations or modifications, partaking of Sattva. Those partaking of Tamas, are the reverse of these.

Translation by Har Dutt Sharma (1933): The intellect is determination. - Virtue, knowledge, non-attachment and power constitute its Sāttvika form. The Tāmasa form is its reverse.

Translation by Radhanath Phukan (1960): Determination (Adhyavasāya) is the Buddhi; virtue, wisdom, non-attachment and super-human power constitute its Sāttvika form; the reverse of these constitute its Tāmasa form.

Translation by Swami Virupakshananda (1995): Buddhi is ascertainment or will. Virtue, knowledge, dispassion and power are its manifestations when sattva attribute abounds. And the reverse of these, when tamas attribute abounds.

Translation by G. Srinivasan (recent): Defined by axiomatic process, any constant and continuing stress as the potential in the simultaneous or static state, undergoes a phase change, acceleration is produced by expansion of the volumetric form. The reverse process when acceleration reduces and undergoes a phase change it attains the compressed state of continuing stress as a potential in the static state.