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TEXT 12 lobhah pravrttir arambhah
SYNONYMS  lobhah--greed;
pravrttih--hankering; arambhah--endeavor; karmanam--of
activities; asamah--uncontrollable; sprha--desire; rajasi--in
the mode of passion; etani--all this; jayante--develop; vivrddhe--when
there is excess; bharata-rsabha--O chief of the descendants of Bharata.
TRANSLATION O chief of
the Bharatas, when there is an increase in the mode of passion, the symptoms
of great attachment, uncontrollable desire, hankering, and intense endeavor
develop.
PURPORT One in the mode
of passion is never satisfied with the position he has already acquired;
he hankers to increase his position. If he wants to construct a residential
house, he tries his best to have a palatial house, as if he would be able
to reside in that house eternally. And he develops a great hankering for
sense gratification. There is no end to sense gratification. He always
wants to remain with his family and in his house and to continue the process
of sense gratification. There is no cessation of this. All these symptoms
should be understood as characteristic of the mode of passion.
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