Verset 14.8

तमस्त्वज्ञानजं विद्धि मोहनं सर्वदेहिनाम् ।

प्रमादालस्यनिद्राभिस्तन्निबध्नाति भारत ॥

14.8

Translittération

tamastvajñānajaṃ viddhi mohanaṃ sarvadehinām |

pramādālasyanidrābhistannibadhnāti bhārata ||

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Traduction

But know thou Tamas to be born of ignorance, deluding all embodied beings; it binds fast, O Arjuna, by heedlessness, indolence and sleep.

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Mot à mot

tamas
but
born of ignorance
know
deluding
of all embodied beings

by heedlessness sloth and sleep
that
binds
O Bharata

Par Sanskrit System · Brouillon automatique · claude-opus-5-5 · 2026-11-08

Explication

The third quality is inertia (tamas). It is born of ignorance and confuses all embodied beings. It binds through pramāda, carelessness or negligence; ālasya, sloth; and nidrā, sleep or dullness. Where clarity illumines and passion drives, inertia obscures and weighs down. It is the force of heaviness and resistance in body and mind. The three qualities together give a simple map of human states: lucid calm, restless activity and dull inertia. Most people move among them through the day. The chapter asks Arjuna to recognise them in himself.