14.9-10 Sattvam etc. Rajah etc. Dominates fully i.e. sets  [to work].  The Sattva  flourishes by overpowering the Rajas and the Tamas.  But, the Rajas  [flourishes by overpowering] both the Sattva and the Tamas; and the Tamas [does so by overpowering] both the Sattva and the Rajas.  That has been stated :
 
'The Strands augment by overpowering each other'.