यदा जयेत्तम: सत्त्वं रज: सङ्गं भिदा चलम् । तदा दु:खेन युज्येत कर्मणा यशसा श्रिया ॥ १४ ॥
yadā jayet tamaḥ sattvaṁ rajaḥ saṅgaṁ bhidā calam tadā duḥkhena yujyeta karmaṇā yaśasā śriyā
- 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
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.