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TEXT 9 sattvam sukhe sanjayati
SYNONYMS  sattvam--mode
of goodness; sukhe--in happiness; sanjayati--develops; rajah--mode
of passion; karmani--fruits of activities; bharata--O son
of Bharata; jnanam--knowledge; avrtya--covering; tu--but;
tamah--the mode of ignorance; pramade--in madness; sanjayati--develops;
uta--it is said.
TRANSLATION The mode
of goodness conditions one to happiness, passion conditions him to the
fruits of action, and ignorance to madness.
PURPORT A person in
the mode of goodness is satisfied by his work or intellectual pursuit,
just as a philosopher, scientist, or educator may be engaged in a particular
field of knowledge and may be satisfied in that way. A man in the modes
of passion and goodness may be engaged in fruitive activity; he owns as
much as he can and spends for good causes. Sometimes he tries to open hospitals,
give to charity institutions, etc. These are the signs of one in the mode
of passion. And the mode of ignorance covers knowledge. In the mode of
ignorance, whatever one does is neither good for him nor for anyone.
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