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But that which clings to one single effect as if it were the whole, without reason, without foundation in Truth, and trivial that is declared to be Tamasic.

And that which clings to a single object as if it were the whole, without reason, without grasp of the truth, and narrow, is called tamasic.

Tamasic knowledge clings to one narrow thing as though it were everything, without reason, without grasp of what is real, and small in scope. This is the fixation of a closed mind, which treats a fragment as the whole. The verse could describe obsession with a single desire, belief or object. It completes the threefold picture of knowledge, from the vision of unity, through a view of separateness, to a blind fixation.