yadā jayet tamaḥ sattvaḿ

rajaḥ sańgaḿ bhidā calam

tadā duḥkhena yujyeta

karmaṇā yaśasā śriyā

yada -- when; jayet -- conquers; tamah sattvam -- both ignorance and goodness; rajah -- passion; sangam -- (the cause of) attachment; bhida -- separatism; calam -- and change; tada -- then; duhkhena -- with misery; yujyeta -- one becomes endowed; karmana -- with material work; yasasa -- with (the desire for) fame; sriya -- 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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