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TEXT 7 rajo ragatmakam viddhi
SYNONYMS  rajah--the
mode of passion; raga-atmakam--born of desire or lust; viddhi--know;
trsna--with hankering; sanga--association; samudbhavam--produced
of; tat--that; nibadhnati--binds; kaunteya--O son
of Kunti; karma-sangena--by association with fruitive activity;
dehinam--the embodied.
TRANSLATION The mode
of passion is born of unlimited desires and longings, O son of Kunti, and
because of this one is bound to material fruitive activities.
PURPORT The mode of
passion is characterized by the attraction between man and woman. Woman
has attraction for man, and man has attraction for woman. This is called
the mode of passion. And, when the mode of passion is increased, one develops
the hankering for material enjoyment. He wants to enjoy sense gratification.
For sense gratification, a man in the mode of passion wants some honor
in society, or in the nation, and he wants to have a happy family, with
nice children, wife, and house. These are the products of the mode of passion.
As long as one is hankering after these things, he has to work very hard.
Therefore it is clearly stated here that he becomes associated with the
fruits of his activities and thus becomes bound by such activities. In
order to please his wife, children and society and to keep up his prestige,
one has to work. Therefore, the whole material world is more or less in
the mode of passion. Modern civilization is considered to be advanced in
the standards of the mode of passion. Formerly, the advanced condition
was considered to be in the mode of goodness. If there is no liberation
for those in the mode of goodness, what of those who are entangled in the
mode of passion?
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