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Bhagavad Gita 14.13

अप्रकाशोऽप्रवृत्तिश्च प्रमादो मोह एव च | तमस्येतानि जायन्ते विवृद्धे कुरुनन्दन ||१४-१३||

aprakāśo.apravṛttiśca pramādo moha eva ca . tamasyetāni jāyante vivṛddhe kurunandana ||14-13||

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Chapter 14 — The three gunas that bind the soul.

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Swami SivanandaEnglish

14.13 Darkness, inertness, heedlessness and delusion these arise when Tamas is predominant, O Arjuna.

A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami PrabhupadaEnglish

When there is an increase in the mode of ignorance, O son of Kuru, darkness, inertia, madness and illusion are manifested.