Sanskrit Verse
Tamas tv ajnana-jam viddhi mohanam sarva-dehinam, pramadalasya-nidraabhis tan nibadhnati bharata
Translation & Meaning
Know that tamas (ignorance) is born from ignorance and deludes all embodied beings. It binds by carelessness, laziness, and sleep, O Arjuna. Tamas is the grossest mode — it covers the light of awareness entirely with inertia and delusion.
Key Teachings
- •Tamas arises from ignorance and delusion
- •The mode of ignorance binds through laziness and sleep
- •Tamas is the greatest obstacle to spiritual progress
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