Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 11 - Chapter 25 - Verse 21
Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 11 - Chapter 1 - Verse 21 Sanskrit: उपर्युपरि गच्छन्ति सत्त्वेन ब्राह्मणा जना: ।तमसाधोऽध आमुख्याद् रजसान्तरचारिण: ॥ २१ ॥ ITRANS: upary upari gacchantisattvena brāhmaṇā janāḥtamasādho ’dha ā-mukhyādrajasāntara-cāriṇaḥ Translation: Learned persons dedicated to Vedic culture are elevated by the mode of goodness to higher and higher positions. The mode of ignorance, on the other hand, forces one to fall headfirst into lower and lower births. And by the mode of passion one continues transmigrating through human bodies....