Chapter 14, Verse 9
सत्त्वं सुखे सञ्जयति रजः कर्मणि भारत। ज्ञानमावृत्य तु तमः प्रमादे सञ्जयत्युत।।14.9।।
sattvaṃ sukhe sañjayati rajaḥ karmaṇi bhārata। jñānamāvṛtya tu tamaḥ pramāde sañjayatyuta।।14.9।।
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- सत्त्वं
- sattva (the mode of goodness)
- सुखे
- to happiness/pleasure
- सञ्जयति
- binds/attaches
- रजः
- rajas (the mode of passion)
- कर्मणि
- to action
- भारत
- O descendant of Bharata (Arjuna)
- ज्ञानम्
- knowledge
- आवृत्य
- having covered/obscured
- तु
- but/indeed
- तमः
- tamas (the mode of ignorance)
- प्रमादे
- to negligence/delusion
- सञ्जयति
- binds/attaches
- उत
- indeed/also
Commentary
9. Sattva attaches to happiness, Rajas to action, O Bharata, while Tamas, enshrouding wisdom, attaches, on the contrary, to heedlessness.
Source: Alladi Mahadeva Sastri, The Bhagavad-Gita with the Commentary of Sri Shankaracharya (1897), public domain
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