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The Three Modes of Material Nature
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This is called the mode of passion. And, when the mode of passion is increased, one develops the hankering for material enjoyment. He wants to enjoy sense gratification. For sense gratification, a man in the mode of passion wants some honor in society, or in the nation, and he wants to have a happy family, with nice children, wife, and house. These are the products of the mode of passion. As long as one is hankering after these things, he has to work very hard. Therefore it is clearly stated here that he becomes associated with the fruits of his activities and thus becomes bound by such activities. In order to please his wife, children and society and to keep up his prestige, one has to work. Therefore, the whole material world is more or less in the mode of passion. Modern civilization is considered to be advanced in the standards of the mode of passion. Formerly, the advanced condition was considered to be in the mode of goodness. If there is no liberation for those in the mode of goodness, what of those who are entangled in the mode of passion?
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तमस्त्वज्ञानजं विद्धि मोहनं सर्वदेहिनाम् । 
    प्रमादालस्यनिद्राभिस्तन्निबध्नाति भारत ॥ ८ ॥
tamas tv ajñāna-jaṁ viddhi mohanaṁ sarva-dehinām pramādālasya-nidrābhis tan nibadhnāti bhārata
tamaḥ —mode of ignorance;  tu —but;  ajñāna-jam —products of ignorance;  viddhi —knowing;  mohanam —delusion;  sarva-dehinām —of all embodied beings;  pramāda —madness;  ālasya —indolence;  nidrābhiḥ —sleep;  tat —that;  nibadhnāti —binds;  bhārata —O son of Bharata.
TRANSLATION
O son of Bharata, the mode of ignorance causes the delusion of all living entities. The result of this mode is madness, indolence and sleep, which bind the conditioned soul.
PURPORT
In this verse the specific application of the word  tu  is very significant. This means that the mode of ignorance is a very peculiar qualification of