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TEXT 10 rajas tamas cabhibhuya
SYNONYMS  rajah--mode
of passion; tamah--mode of ignorance; ca--also; abhibhuya--also
surpassing; sattvam--mode of goodness; bhavati--becomes prominent;
bharata--O son of Bharata; rajah--mode of passion; sattvam--mode
of goodness; tamah--mode of ignorance; ca--also; eva--like
that; tamah--mode of ignorance; sattvam--mode of goodness;
rajah--mode of passion; tatha--as in this.
TRANSLATION Sometimes
the mode of passion becomes prominent, defeating the mode of goodness,
O son of Bharata. And sometimes the mode of goodness defeats passion, and
at other times the mode of ignorance defeats goodness and passion. In this
way there is always competition for supremacy.
PURPORT When the mode
of passion is prominent, the modes of goodness and ignorance are defeated.
When the mode of goodness is prominent, passion and ignorance are defeated.
And, when the mode of ignorance is prominent, passion and goodness are
defeated. This competition is always going on. Therefore, one who is actually
intent on advancing in Krsna consciousness has to transcend these three
modes. The prominence of some certain mode of nature is manifested in one's
dealings, in his activities, in eating, etc. All this will be explained
in later chapters. But if one wants, he can develop, by practice, the mode
of goodness and thus defeat the modes of ignorance and passion. One can
similarly develop the mode of passion and defeat goodness and ignorance.
Or, one can develop the mode of ignorance and defeat goodness and passion.
Although there are these three modes of material nature, if one is determined,
he can be blessed by the mode of goodness, and, by transcending the mode
of goodness, he can be situated in pure goodness, which is called the vasudeva
state, a state in which one can understand the science of God. By the manifestation
of particular activities, it can be understood in what mode of nature one
is situated.
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