Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 11.25.11

yadā āśiṣa āśāsya

māḿ bhajeta sva-karmabhiḥ

taḿ rajaḥ-prakṛtiḿ vidyāt

hiḿsām āśāsya tāmasam

SYNONYMS

yadā — when; āśiṣaḥ — benedictions; āśāsya — hoping for; mām — Me; bhajeta — a person worships; sva-karmabhiḥ — by his duties; tam — that; rajaḥ-prakṛtim — a person situated in the mode of passion; vidyāt — one should understand; hiḿsām — violence; āśāsya — hoping for; tāmasam — a person in the mode of ignorance.

TRANSLATION

When a person worships Me by his prescribed duties with the hope of gaining material benefit, his nature should be understood to be in passion, and one who worships Me with the desire to commit violence against others is in ignorance.

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