BG 14.8
Ignorance, born of false knowledge and delusion, establishes itself with negligence, laziness, and sleep.
प्रमादालस्यनिद्राभिस्तन्निबध्नाति भारत
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tamas — nature of ignorance
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tv — but
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ajñāna-jaṁ — born of ignorance
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ajñāna
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jaṁ
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viddhi — know
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mohanaṁ — illusion
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sarva-dehinām — for all the embodied souls
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sarva
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dehinām
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pramādālasya-nidrābhis — negligence, laziness, and sleep
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pramādālasya
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nidrābhis
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tan — that
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nibadhnāti — binds
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bhārata — Arjuna
Of these, purity is luminous and full of well-being. It establishes itself through attachment to happiness and to knowledge. Passion, engendered by thirst for pleasure and attachment, establishes itself with attachment to action. Ignorance, born of false knowledge and delusion, establishes itself with negligence, laziness, and sleep. Purity generates attachment to happiness, passion generates attachment to action, and ignorance generates attachment to negligence. Purity prevails when passion and ignorance are overcome. Passion reigns when purity and ignorance are overwhelmed, and ignorance arises when purity and passion are overpowered.
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