yadā - when; jayet - conquers; tamaḥ sattvam - both ignorance and goodness; rajaḥ - passion; saṅgam - (the cause of) attachment; bhidā - separatism; calam - and change; tadā - then; duḥkhena - with misery; yujyeta - one becomes endowed; karmaṇā - with material work; yaśasā - with (the desire for) fame; śriyā - and with opulence.

When the mode of passion, which causes attachment, separatism and activity, conquers ignorance and goodness, a man begins to work hard to acquire prestige and fortune. Thus in the mode of passion he experiences anxiety and struggle.