Texts 26-27]
Talks Between Nārada and King Prācīnabarhi
1397
गुणाभिमानी स तदा कर्माणि कुरुतेऽवशः । शुक्लं कृष्णं लोहितं वा यथाकर्माभिजायते ॥२७॥
yadātmānam avijñāya bhagavantam param gurum puruṣas tu viṣajjeta guṇeṣu prakṛteḥ sva-dṛk
guṇābhimānī sa tadā karmāṇi kurute 'vaśaḥ śuklam kṛṣṇam lohitam vā yathā-karmābhijāyate
yadā —when;  ātmānam —the Supreme Soul;  avijñāya —forgetting;  bhagavantam —the Supreme Personality of Godhead;  param —supreme;  gurum —the instructor;  puruṣaḥ —the living entity;  tu —then;  viṣajjeta —gives himself up;  guṇeṣu —to the modes;  prakṛteḥ —of material nature;  sva-dṛk —one who can see his own welfare;  guṇa-abhimānī —identified with the modes of nature;  saḥ —he;  tadā —at that time;  karmāṇi —fruitive activities;  kurute —performs;  avaśaḥ —spontaneously;  śuklam —white;  kṛṣṇam —black;  lohitam —red;  vā —or;  yathā —according to;  karma —work;  abhijāyate —takes birth.
TRANSLATION
The living entity by nature has minute independence to choose his own good or bad fortune, but when he forgets his supreme master, the Personality of Godhead, he gives himself up unto the modes of material nature. Being influenced by the modes of material nature, he identifies himself with the body and, for the interest of the body, becomes attached to various activities. Sometimes he is under the influence of the mode of ignorance, sometimes the mode of passion, and sometimes the mode of goodness. The living entity thus gets different types of bodies under the modes of material nature.
PURPORT
These different types of bodies are explained in  Bhagavad-gītā :
puruṣaḥ prakṛti-stho hi bhuṅkte prakṛti-jān guṇān kāraṇam guṇa-saṅgo 'sya sad-asad-yoni-janmasu