SB 11.25.9
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His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda
TEXT 9
puruṣaṁ sattva-saṁyuktam
anumīyāc chamādibhiḥ
kāmādibhī rajo-yuktaṁ
krodhādyais tamasā yutam
SYNONYMS
puruṣam—a person; sattva-saṁyuktam—endowed with the mode of goodness; anumīyāt—can be deduced; śama-ādibhiḥ—by his qualities of sense control and so on; kāma-ādibhiḥ—by lust and so on; rajaḥ-yuktam—one who is in the mode of passion; krodha-ādyaiḥ—by anger and so on; tamasā—with the mode of ignorance; yutam—one who is endowed.
TRANSLATION
A person exhibiting qualities such as self-control is understood to be predominantly in the mode of goodness. Similarly, a passionate person is recognized by his lust, and one in ignorance is recognized by qualities such as anger.
