Chapter 14, Verse 8
तमस्त्वज्ञानजं विद्धि मोहनं सर्वदेहिनाम्। प्रमादालस्यनिद्राभिस्तन्निबध्नाति भारत।।14.8।।
tamastvajñānajaṃ viddhi mohanaṃ sarvadehinām। pramādālasyanidrābhistannibadhnāti bhārata।।14.8।।
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- तमः
- tamas (the quality of darkness/ignorance)
- तु
- but/indeed
- अज्ञानजम्
- born of ignorance
- विद्धि
- know (imperative)
- मोहनम्
- deluding
- सर्वदेहिनाम्
- of all embodied beings
- प्रमाद
- heedlessness/carelessness
- आलस्य
- laziness/sloth
- निद्राभिः
- by sleep (instrumental plural, with the above compound)
- तत्
- that (tamas)
- निबध्नाति
- binds
- भारत
- O descendant of Bharata (Arjuna)
Commentary
8. But, know thou Tamas to be born of unwisdom, deluding all embodied beings ; by heed- lessness, indolence and sloth, it binds fast, O Bharata.
Source: Alladi Mahadeva Sastri, The Bhagavad-Gita with the Commentary of Sri Shankaracharya (1897), public domain
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