Bhagavad Gita · 14.8
॥
Devanāgarī
तमस्त्वज्ञानजं विद्धि मोहनं सर्वदेहिनाम् ।
प्रमादालस्यनिद्राभिस्तन्निबध्नाति भारत ॥
Transliteration (IAST)
tamas tv ajñāna-jaṁ viddhi mohanaṁ sarva-dehinām |
pramādālasya-nidrābhis tan nibadhnāti bhārata ||
Word-by-word
SanskritIASTMeaning
तमः तुtamaḥ tubut tamas.
अज्ञानजम्ajñāna-jamborn (jam) of ignorance (ajnana).
विद्धिviddhiknow.
मोहनम्mohanamthat which deludes, casts into illusion.
सर्वदेहिनाम्sarva-dehināmof all (sarva) the embodied (dehinam).
प्रमादालस्यनिद्राभिःpramāda-ālasya-nidrābhiḥby negligence (pramada), laziness (alasya), and sleep (nidrabhih).
तत्tatit (tamas).
निबध्नातिnibadhnātiit binds.
भारतbhārataO Bharata!
Translation
“Know, O Bharata, that tamas is born of ignorance and is the cause of delusion for all embodied souls. It binds them through negligence, laziness, and sleep.”
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