SB 11.25.14

Srimad-Bhagavatam, Eleventh Canto, Chapter 25: The Three Modes of Nature and Beyond

SB 11.25.13

SB 11.25.15

His Divine Grace
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada

TEXT 14

yadā jayet tamaḥ sattvaṁ
rajaḥ saṅgaṁ bhidā calam
tadā duḥkhena yujyeta
karmaṇā yaśasā śriyā

SYNONYMS

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.

TRANSLATION

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.