yadÄ jayet tamaḥ sattvaá¹
rajaḥ saá¹…gaá¹ bhidÄ calam
tadÄ duḥkhena yujyeta
karmaá¹‡Ä yaÅ›asÄ Å›riyÄ

 yadÄ - when; jayet - conquers; tamaḥ sattvam - both ignorance and goodness; rajaḥ - passion; saá¹…gam - (the cause of) attachment; bhidÄ - separatism; calam - and change; tadÄ - then; duḥkhena - with misery; yujyeta - one becomes endowed; karmaá¹‡Ä - with material work; yaÅ›asÄ - with (the desire for) fame; Å›riyÄ - and with opulence.


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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.

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