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Bhagavad Gita As It Is -
Chapter 14 Text 8
tamas tv ajnana-jam viddhi
mohanam sarva-dehinam
pramadalasya-nidrabhis
tan nibadhnati bharata

tamah--the mode of ignorance; tu--but; ajnana-jam--produced of ignorance; viddhi--know; mohanam--the delusion; sarva-dehinam--of all embodied beings; pramada--with madness; alasya--indolence; nidrabhih--and sleep; tat--that; nibadhnati--binds; bharata--O son of Bharata.

TRANSLATION

O son of Bharata, know that the mode of darkness, born of ignorance, is the delusion of all embodied living entities. The results of this mode are madness, indolence and sleep, which bind the conditioned soul.

PURPORT

The definition of the mode of ignorance is stated in the Vedic literature. Vastu-yathatmya-jnanavarakam viparyaya-jnana-janakam tamah: under the spell of ignorance, one cannot understand a thing as it is.