Learn·Chapter 14 · The three qualities·Verse 13 of 27
Bhagavad Gītā 14.13, word by word
BG 14.13
अप्रकाशोऽप्रवृत्तिश्च प्रमादो मोह एव च।तमस्येतानि जायन्ते विवृद्धे कुरुनन्दन
aprakāśho ’pravṛittiśh cha pramādo moha eva cha tamasy etāni jāyante vivṛiddhe kuru-nandana
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In English
Darkness, stagnation, folly, and infatuation are the results of the dominance of ignorance, O joy of the Kuru clan!
Translated by Shri Purohit Swami
Darkness, inertia, carelessness, and delusion—these arise when Tamas is predominant, O Arjuna.
Translated by Swami Sivananda
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