SB 1.2.19

तदा रजस्तमोभावाः कामलोभादयश्च ये ।
चेत एतैरनाविद्धं स्थितं सत्त्वे प्रसीदति ॥ १९ ॥
tadā rajas-tamo-bhāvāḥ kāma-lobhādayaś ca ye
ceta etair anāviddhaṁ sthitaṁ sattve prasīdati

Synonyms

tadā — at that time [tadaiva69]; cetaḥ — the heart [or consciousness (cittam)]; anāviddham — is no longer overpowered [anabhibhūtam70]; etaiḥ — by all these [guṇas, or the qualitative states71]; rajaḥ — [of] perpetual distractedness; tamaḥ — [and] indolence; ca — and; ye — [by] whatever; bhāvāḥ — vitiated emotions [are derived from them (tat-prabhavāḥ);72 as their effects (kārya-bhūtāḥ)73]; kāma — [including] lust; lobha — greed; ādayaḥ — and so on [here referring to anger, illusion, and envy (ādi-śabdāt krodha-moha-matsaryāṇi)74]; [which are the root causes of the outward projection and covering of consciousness (tan-mūlāḥ citta-vikṣepāvaraṇa-hetavaḥ)75]; sthitam — becoming established; sattve — in the state of unalloyed being [(śuddha-sattva-magnaṁ sat), by virtue of the destruction of all predispositions (sarva-vāsanā-nāśāt)]; [consciousness (cittam)]; prasīdati — becomes perfectly serene [(upaśāmyati);76 and hence fit for the immediate cognition of the truth of Bhagavān (bhagavat-tattva-sākṣātkāra-yogyaṁ bhavati)].

Translation

At that time, the heart is no longer overpowered by the qualitative states of perpetual distractedness (rajas) and indolence (tamas), nor by the vitiated emotions (bhāvāḥ) derived from them, including lust, greed, and so on. Becoming established in the state of unalloyed being [śuddha-sattva], consciousness becomes perfectly serene.

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