Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 11 - Chapter 1 - Verse 5


Sanskrit:

तत्तत् सात्त्विकमेवैषां यद् यद् वृद्धा: प्रचक्षते ।निन्दन्ति तामसं तत्तद् राजसं तदुपेक्षितम् ॥ ५ ॥

ITRANS:

tat tat sāttvikam evaiṣāṁyad yad vṛddhāḥ pracakṣatenindanti tāmasaṁ tat tadrājasaṁ tad-upekṣitam

Translation:

Among the ten items I have just mentioned, the great sages who understand Vedic knowledge have praised and recommended those that are in the mode of goodness, criticized and rejected those in the mode of ignorance, and shown indifference to those in the mode of passion.

Purport: