Gita Verse 14.13

Bhagavad Gita: Chapter 14, Verse 13

Sanskrit Verse

अप्रकाशोऽप्रवृत्तिश्च प्रमादो मोह एव च।तमस्येतानि जायन्ते विवृद्धे कुरुनन्दन।।14.13।।

Transliteration

aprakāśho ’pravṛittiśh cha pramādo moha eva cha

tamasy etāni jāyante vivṛiddhe kuru-nandana

Word meanings

aprakāśhaḥ—nescience; apravṛittiḥ—inertia; cha—and; pramādaḥ—negligence; mohaḥ—delusion; eva—indeed; cha—also; tamasi—mode of ignorance; etāni—these; jāyante—manifest; vivṛiddhe—when dominates; kuru-nandana—the joy of the Kurus, Arjun

Swami Sivananda's translation

Darkness, inertia, carelessness, and delusion—these arise when Tamas is predominant, O Arjuna.

Chapter link: Gita Chapter 14

Related Gunas: Tamas