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Chapter 14 · Verse 9The Three Modes of Nature

Bhagavad Gita 14.9

BG 14.9 — Chapter 14 (The Three Modes of Nature), Verse 9, with Sanskrit, transliteration & translation.

सत्त्वं सुखे सञ्जयति रजः कर्मणि भारत | ज्ञानमावृत्य तु तमः प्रमादे सञ्जयत्युत ||१४-९||

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sattvaṃ sukhe sañjayati rajaḥ karmaṇi bhārata . jñānamāvṛtya tu tamaḥ pramāde sañjayatyuta ||14-9||

Roman: sattvam sukhe sanjayati rajah karmani bharata . jnanamavrtya tu tamah pramade sanjayatyuta

Sattva attaches to happiness, Rajas to action, O Arjuna, while Tamas verily shrouding knowledge attaches to heedlessness.