Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 11.13.3

dharmo rajas tamo hanyāt

sattva-vṛddhir anuttamaḥ

āśu naśyati tan-mūlo

hy adharma ubhaye hate

SYNONYMS

dharmaḥ — religious principles based on devotional service; rajaḥ — the mode of passion; tamaḥ — the mode of ignorance; hanyāt — destroy; sattva — of goodness; vṛddhiḥ — by the increase; anuttamaḥ — the greatest; āśu — quickly; naśyati — is destroyed; tat — of passion and ignorance; mūlaḥ — the root; hi — certainly; adharmaḥ — irreligion; ubhaye hate — when both are destroyed.

TRANSLATION

Religious principles, strengthened by the mode of goodness, destroy the influence of passion and ignorance. When passion and ignorance are overcome, their original cause, irreligion, is quickly vanquished.

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