Chapter 14 · Verse 8The Three Modes of Nature
Bhagavad Gita 14.8
BG 14.8 — Chapter 14 (The Three Modes of Nature), Verse 8, with Sanskrit, transliteration & translation.
तमस्त्वज्ञानजं विद्धि मोहनं सर्वदेहिनाम् | प्रमादालस्यनिद्राभिस्तन्निबध्नाति भारत ||१४-८||
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tamastvajñānajaṃ viddhi mohanaṃ sarvadehinām . pramādālasyanidrābhistannibadhnāti bhārata ||14-8||
Roman: tamastvajnanajam viddhi mohanam sarvadehinam . pramadalasyanidrabhistannibadhnati bharata
But know thou Tamas to be born of ignorance, deluding all embodied beings; it binds fast, O Arjuna, by heedlessness, indolence and sleep.