BG 14.9
Purity generates attachment to happiness, passion generates attachment to action, and ignorance generates attachment to negligence.
ज्ञानमावृत्य तु तमः प्रमादे सञ्जयत्युत
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sattvaṁ — in the quality of purity and goodness
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sukhe — to happiness
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sañjayati — binds
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rajaḥ — quality of passion
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karmaṇi — toward actions
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bhārata — Arjuna
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jñānam — wisdom
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āvṛitya — clouds
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tu — but
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tamaḥ — quality of ignorance
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pramāde — to delusion
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sañjayaty — binds
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uta — it is said
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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