SLOKA OF THE DAY:

Bhagavad Gita As It Is -
Chapter 16 Text 22
etair vimuktah kaunteya
tamo-dvarais tribhir narah
acaraty atmanah sreyas
tato yati param gatim

etaih--from these; vimuktah--being liberated; kaunteya--O son of Kunti; tamah-dvaraih--from the gates of ignorance; tribhih--of three kinds; narah--a person; acarati--performs; atmanah--for the self; sreyah--benediction; tatah--thereafter; yati--he goes; param--to the supreme; gatim--destination.

TRANSLATION

The man who has escaped these three gates of hell, O son of Kunti, performs acts conducive to self-realization and thus gradually attains the supreme destination.

JOURNAL:

Srila Prabhupada opens his purport with this warning, One should be very careful of these three enemies to human life: lust, anger and greed. The more a person is freed from lust, anger and greed, the more his existence becomes pure. Then he can follow the rules and regulations enjoined in the Vedic literature. The reward for battleing these states-of-mind attacks is the way to a "pure" state of mind; an ability to perform your duties to the Lord better.