English
Bhagavad Gita Chapter 14 Verse 8
Guṇatrayavibhāga Yoga · śloka 8
śloka 8
tamastvajñānajaṃ viddhi mohanaṃ sarvadehinām |
pramādālasyanidrābhistannibadhnāti bhārata ||14-8||
Translation
And O Bharata! Know Tamas to be born of ignorance; it deludes all embodied beings (jivas). It binds the jiva through negligence, sloth and sleep.
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