SLOKA OF THE DAY:

Bhagavad Gita As It Is -
Chapter 14 Text 12
lobhah pravrttir arambhah
karmanam asamah sprha
rajasy etanijayante
vivrddhe bharatarsabha

lobhah--greed; pravrttih--activity; arambhah--endeavor; karmanam--in activities; asamah--uncontrollable; sprha--desire; rajasi--of the mode of passion; etani--all these; jayante--develop; vivrddhe--when there is an 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, fruitive activity, intense endeavor, and uncontrollable desire and hankering develop.

JOURNAL:

As stated earlier, this is where addiction starts and, if these activities are not curtailed, they lead one into the mode of ignorance. However, if one in this mode develop a taste for knowledge of the Lord, he will become passionate about Krishna, and thus attain to the mode of goodness.