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Bhagavad-లేగేవే As  It Is
[Ch. 14]
then, that human society is advancing in the wrong direction and is clearing the path to its own condemnation. A civilization which guides the citizens to become animals in their next lives is certainly not a human civilization. The present human civilization is, of course, grossly misled by the modes of passion and ignorance. It is a very dangerous age, and all nations should take care to provide the easiest process, Kışna consciousness, to save humanity from the greatest danger.
१९८१  मधील स्थापने करणारा संस्कृत भाषा संग्रहालय होता.
सत्त्वात्संजायते ज्ञानं रजसो लोभ एव च । 
    प्रमादमोहौ तमसो भवतोऽज्ञानमेव च ॥१७॥
sattvāt sañjāyate jñānaṁ rajaso lobha eva ca pramāda-mohau tamaso bhavato jñānam eva ca
sattvāt —from the mode of goodness;  sañjāyate —develops;  jñānam —knowledge;  rajasaḥ —from the mode of passion;  lobhaḥ —greed;  eva —certainly;  ca —also;  pramāda —madness;  mohau —illusion;  tamasaḥ —from the mode of ignorance;  bhavataḥ —develops;  ajñānam —nonsense;  eva —certainly;  ca —also.
TRANSLATION
From the mode of goodness, real knowledge develops; from the mode of passion, grief develops; and from the mode of ignorance, foolishness, madness and illusion develop.
PURPORT
Since the present civilization is not very congenial to the living entities, Krşna consciousness is recommended. Through Krşna consciousness, society will develop the mode of goodness. When the mode of goodness is developed, people will see things as they are. In the mode of ignorance, people are just like animals and cannot see things clearly. In the mode of ignorance, for example, they do not see that by killing one animal they are taking a chance of being killed by the same animal in the next life. Because people have no education in actual knowledge, they become irresponsible. To stop this irresponsibility, education for developing the mode of goodness of the people in general must be there. When they are actually educated in