dharmah -- religious principles based on devotional service; rajah -- the mode of passion; tamah -- the mode of ignorance; hanyat -- destroy; sattva -- of goodness; vriddhih -- by the increase; anuttamah -- the greatest; asu -- quickly; nasyati -- is destroyed; tat -- of passion and ignorance; mulah -- the root; hi -- certainly; adharmah -- irreligion; ubhaye hate -- when both are destroyed.

Religious principles, strengthened by the mode of goodness, destroy the influence of passion and ignorance. When passion and ignorance are overcome, their original cause, irreligion, is quickly vanquished.