Bhagavad Gita 14.8
Chapter 14: Gunatraya Vibhaga Yoga (The Three Gunas) · गुणत्रयविभागयोग
तमस्त्वज्ञानजं विद्धि मोहनं सर्वदेहिनाम् ।प्रमादालस्यनिद्राभिस्तन्निबध्नाति भारत ॥
tamastvajñānajaṃ viddhi mohanaṃ sarvadehinām |pramādālasyanidrābhistannibadhnāti bhārata ||
Meaning of Gita 14.8 in English
Tamas is born of ignorance and confuses everyone who has a body. It binds a person through carelessness, laziness and too much sleep.
गीता 14.8 का हिंदी अर्थ
तमस गुण अज्ञान से पैदा होता है और सब प्राणियों को भ्रम में डालता है। यह लापरवाही, आलस्य और अधिक नींद के द्वारा मनुष्य को बाँधता है।
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The Sanskrit is public domain; the transliteration was generated for Saarthi. Meanings are original plain-language paraphrases, not a scholarly translation.