Bhagavad Gita 14.8
तमस्त्वज्ञानजं विद्धि मोहनं सर्वदेहिनाम्।प्रमादालस्यनिद्राभिस्तन्निबध्नाति भारत।।
tamas tv ajñāna-jaṁ viddhi mohanaṁ sarva-dehinām pramādālasya-nidrābhis tan nibadhnāti bhārata
Word-by-Word
| Sanskrit | Transliteration | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| tamaḥ | tamaḥ | mode of ignorance |
| tu | tu | but |
| ajñāna-jam | ajñāna-jam | born of ignorance |
| viddhi | viddhi | know |
| mohanam | mohanam | illusion |
| sarva-dehinām | sarva-dehinām | for all the embodied souls |
| pramāda | pramāda | negligence |
| ālasya | ālasya | laziness |
| nidrābhiḥ | nidrābhiḥ | and sleep |
| tat | tat | that |
| nibadhnāti | nibadhnāti | binds |
| bhārata | bhārata | Arjun, the son of Bharat |
But know thou Tamas to be born of ignorance, deluding all embodied beings; it binds fast, O Arjuna, through heedlessness, indolence, and sleep.
और हे भारत ! तमोगुण को अज्ञान से उत्पन्न जानो; जो समस्त देहधारियों (जीवों) को मोहित करने वाला है। वह प्रमाद, आलस्य और निद्रा के द्वारा जीव को बांधता है।।