Bhagavad Gita · 14.13
॥
Devanāgarī
अप्रकाशोऽप्रवृत्तिश्च प्रमादो मोह एव च ।
तमस्येतानि जायन्ते विवृद्धे कुरुनन्दन ॥
Transliteration (IAST)
aprakāśo 'pravṛttiś ca pramādo moha eva ca |
tamasy etāni jāyante vivṛddhe kuru-nandana ||
Word-by-word
SanskritIASTMeaning
अप्रकाशःaprakāśaḥdarkness, absence of light.
अप्रवृत्तिः चapravṛttiḥ caand inactivity, inertia.
प्रमादःpramādaḥnegligence, madness.
मोहः एव चmohaḥ eva caand also illusion.
तमसिtamasiwhen tamas.
एतानिetānithese [signs].
जायन्तेjāyantethey are born.
विवृद्धेvivṛddheincreases.
कुरुनन्दनkuru-nandanaO joy of the Kuru dynasty!
Translation
“O joy of the Kuru dynasty, when tamas increases, darkness, inactivity, madness, and illusion are born.”
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