SLOKA OF THE DAY:

Bhagavad Gita As It Is -
Chapter 14 Text 11
sarva-dvaresu dehe 'smin
prakasa upajayate
jnanam yada tada vidyad
vivrddham sattvam ity uta

sarva-dvaresu--in all the gates; dehe asmin--in this body; prakasah--the quality of illumination; upajayate--develops; jnanam--knowledge; yada--when; tada--at that time; vidyat--know; vivrddham--increased; sattvam--the mode of goodness; iti uta--thus it is said.

TRANSLATION

The manifestations of the mode of goodness can be experienced when all the gates of the body are illuminated by knowledge.

JOURNAL:

I was listening to tape two of the lectures of Srila Prabhupada on his book, "The Nectar of Devotion" (Vrindavan, India, October 21, 1972). Here he says that if one dies in the mode of goodness he is, at the least, guaranteed birth in a human body in the next life.