Bhagavad Gita 14.13अप्रकाशोऽप्रवृत्तिश्च प्रमादो मोह एव च।तमस्येतानि जायन्ते विवृद्धे कुरुनन्दन ॥
aprakāśho ’pravṛittiśh cha pramādo moha eva
cha tamasy etāni jāyante vivṛiddhe kuru-nandana
Sanskrit recitation
Three moods of nature · 14.1–14.18 · Teaching
Translation
Darkness, inertia, carelessness, and delusion—these arise when Tamas is predominant, O Arjuna.
Hindi translation
हे कुरुनन्दन ! तमोगुणके बढ़नेपर अप्रकाश, अप्रवृत्ति, प्रमाद और मोह -- ये वृत्तियाँ भी पैदा होती हैं।
Meaning
When Tamas increases, darkness, a desire to do nothing, forgetfulness of ones duties and confusion ome into existence.Darkness Absence of discrimination.Apravritti Inertness extreme inactivity.Pramada (heedlessness) and Moha (delusion) are the effects of darkness. These are the characteristics or marks which indicate that Tamas is predominant. Tamas is a great stumbling block to spiritual progress and success in any walk of life. It must be destroyed at all costs. People mistake Tamas for Sattva or Santi (peace). They take the Tamasic man for a silent Yogi All is Prarabdha Everything is Maya There is no world Why should I work Work will bind me. I am Brahman. This is not spirituality but pure and thick Tamas.
After Swami Sivananda
Three moods of nature· 14.1–14.18→
Teachers usually read this idea across several verses together, one shared reflection covers the whole unit.
- 14.1The Blessed Lord said, "I will again declare to thee that supreme knowledge, the best of…
- 14.2Those who, having taken refuge in this knowledge, have attained unity with Me, are neither…
- 14.3My womb is the great Brahma; in it I place the germ; thence, O Arjuna, is the birth of all…
- 14.4Whatever forms are produced, O Arjuna, in any womb whatsoever, the great Brahma is their…
- 14.5These qualities, O Arjuna, born of Nature, bind fast in the body of the embodied, the…
- 14.6Of these, sattva, which is luminous and healthy due to its stainlessness, binds one by…
- 14.7Know, O Arjuna, that Rajas is of the nature of passion, the source of thirst and…
- 14.8But know thou Tamas to be born of ignorance, deluding all embodied beings; it binds fast,…
- 14.9Sattva attaches to happiness, Rajas to action, O Arjuna, while Tamas, verily shrouding…
- 14.10Now, O Arjuna, Sattva prevails, having overpowered Rajas and Tamas; then Rajas, having…
- 14.11When the wisdom-light shines through every gate of this body, then it may be known that…
- 14.12Greed, activity, the undertaking of actions, restlessness, and longing—these arise when…
14.13Darkness, inertia, carelessness, and delusion—these arise when Tamas is predominant, O…
- 14.14If the embodied one meets death when Sattva is predominant, then they attain the spotless…
- 14.15Meeting death in Rajas, he is born among those who are attached to action; and dying in…
- 14.16They say that the fruit of good action is Sattvic and pure; indeed, the fruit of Rajas is…
- 14.17From Sattva arises knowledge, and greed from Rajas; heedlessness and delusion arise from…
- 14.18Those seated in Sattva ascend; those of Rajasic nature dwell in the middle; and those of…
Word-by-word→
- cha
- also
- eva
- indeed
- etāni
- these
- tamasi
- mode of ignorance
- mohaḥ
- delusion
- jāyante
- manifest
- pramādaḥ
- negligence
- vivṛiddhe
- when dominates
- kuru-nandana
- the joy of the Kurus, Arjun
- aprakāśhaḥ
- nescience
- apravṛittiḥ
- inertia
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