Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 11 - Chapter 1 - Verse 3


Sanskrit:

धर्मो रजस्तमो हन्यात् सत्त्ववृद्धिरनुत्तम: ।आशु नश्यति तन्मूलो ह्यधर्म उभये हते ॥ ३ ॥

ITRANS:

dharmo rajas tamo hanyātsattva-vṛddhir anuttamaḥāśu naśyati tan-mūlohy adharma ubhaye hate

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.

Purport: