14.8 तमस्त्वज्ञानजं विद्धि मोहनं सर्वदेहिनाम्।प्रमादालस्यनिद्राभिस्तन्निबध्नाति भारत
tamas
Word meanings
tamaḥ—mode of ignorance;tu—but;ajñāna-jam—born of ignorance;viddhi—know;mohanam—illusion;sarva-dehinām—for all the embodied souls;pramāda—negligence;ālasya—laziness;nidrābhiḥ—and sleep;tat—that;nibadhnāti—binds;bhārata—Arjun, the son of Bharat
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Divine Verses of the Bhagavad Gita • Swami Dayananda Saraswati
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But, you should also know that Tamas is born of ignorance and deludes all the Embodied; it binds them with negligence, laziness, and sleep, O descendant of Bharata!
But Ignorance, the product of darkness, stupefies the senses in all embodied beings, binding them by chains of folly, indolence and lethargy.
Know that Tamas is born of false knowledge and deludes all embodied selves. It binds, O Arjuna, with negligence, indolence and sleep.
On the other hand, know tamas, which deludes all embodied beings, to be born of ignorance. O scion of the Bharata dynasty, that binds through inadvertence, laziness and sleep.
But know thou Tamas to be born of ignorance, deluding all embodied beings; it binds fast, O Arjuna, by heedlessness, sleep and indolence!
14.10 रजस्तमश्चाभिभूय सत्त्वं भवति भारत।रजः सत्त्वं तमश्चैव तमः सत्त्वं रजस्तथा
rajas
Word meanings
rajaḥ—mode of passion;tamaḥ—mode of ignorance;cha—and;abhibhūya—prevails;sattvam—mode of goodness;bhavati—becomes;bhārata—Arjun, the son of Bharat;rajaḥ—mode of passion;sattvam—mode of goodness;tamaḥ—mode of ignorance;cha—and;eva—indeed;tamaḥ—mode of ignorance;sattvam—mode of goodness;rajaḥ—mode of passion;tathā—also
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Divine Verses of the Bhagavad Gita • Swami Dayananda Saraswati
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O descendant of Bharata! The Sattva increases by overpowering the Rajas and the Tamas; the Rajas increases by overpowering the Sattva and the Tamas; and the Tamas increases likewise by overpowering the Sattva and the Rajas.
O Prince! Purity prevails when Passion and Ignorance are overcome; Passion, when Purity and Ignorance are overcome; and Ignorance when it overcomes Purity and Passion.
Prevailing over Rajas and Tamas, Sattva preponderates, O Arjuna. Prevailing over Tamas and Sattva, Rajas preponderates. Prevailing over Rajas and Sattva, Tamas preponderates.
O scion of the Bharata dynasty, sattva increases by subduing rajas and tamas, rajas by overpowering sattva and tamas, and tamas by dominating over sattva and rajas.
Now Sattwa prevails, O Arjuna, having overpowered Rajas and Tamas; now Rajas, having overpowered Sattwa and Tamas; and now Tamas, having overpowered Sattwa and Rajas!
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गुणत्रयविभागयोग
Chapter 14: Tell Apart the Three Gunas
guṇatrayavibhāgayoga
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14.9 सत्त्वं सुखे सञ्जयति रजः कर्मणि भारत।ज्ञानमावृत्य तु तमः प्रमादे सञ्जयत्युत
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Word meanings
sattvam—mode of goodness;sukhe—to happiness;sañjayati—binds;rajaḥ—mode of passion;karmaṇi—toward actions;bhārata—Arjun, the son of Bharat;jñānam—wisdom;āvṛitya—clouds;tu—but;tamaḥ—mode of ignorance;pramāde—to delusion;sañjayati—binds;uta—indeed
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Divine Verses of the Bhagavad Gita • Swami Dayananda Saraswati
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O descendant of Bharata! The Sattva fully dominates the Embodied in the field of happiness; the Rajas in action; but the Tamas also totally dominates in the field of negligence, by veiling knowledge.
Purity brings happiness, Passion commotion, and Ignorance, which obscures wisdom, leads to a life of failure.
Sattva generates attachment to pleasure, Rajas to action, O Arjuna. But Tamas, veiling knowledge, generates attachment to negligence.
O scion of the Bharata dynasty, sattva attaches one to happiness, rajas to action, while tamas, covering up knowledge, leads to inadvertence also.
Sattwa attaches to happiness, Rajas to action, O Arjuna, while Tamas, shrouding knowledge, attaches to heedlessness only!
