धर्मे चार्थे च कामे च यदासौ परिनिष्ठित: । गुणानां सन्निकर्षोऽयं श्रद्धारतिधनावह: ॥ ७ ॥
dharme cārthe ca kāme ca yadāsau pariniṣṭhitaḥ guṇānāṁ sannikarṣo ’yaṁ śraddhā-rati-dhanāvahaḥ
- dharme
- in religiosity
- ca
- and
- arthe
- in economic development
- ca
- and
- kāme
- in sense gratification
- ca
- and
- yadā
- when
- asau
- this living entity
- pariniṣṭhitaḥ
- is fixed
- guṇānām
- of the modes of nature
- sannikarṣaḥ
- the intermingling
- ayam
- this
- śraddhā
- faith
- rati
- sensual enjoyment
- dhana
- and wealth
- āvahaḥ
- which each bring
When a person devotes himself to religiosity, economic development and sense gratification, the faith, wealth and sensual enjoyment obtained by his endeavors display the interaction of the three modes of nature.