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Bhagavad Gita Chapter 14, Verse 13

The Three Modes of Nature

अप्रकाशोऽप्रवृत्तिश्च प्रमादो मोह एव च।तमस्येतानि जायन्ते विवृद्धे कुरुनन्दन

aprakāśho ’pravṛittiśh cha pramādo moha eva cha tamasy etāni jāyante vivṛiddhe kuru-nandana

What does Bhagavad Gita 14.13 mean?

Darkness, stagnation, folly, and infatuation are the results of the dominance of ignorance, O joy of the Kuru clan!

Word-by-word meaning

aprakāśhaḥ—nescience · apravṛittiḥ—inertia · cha—and · pramādaḥ—negligence · mohaḥ—delusion · eva—indeed · cha—also · tamasi—mode of ignorance · etāni—these · jāyante—manifest · vivṛiddhe—when dominates · kuru-nandana—the joy of the Kurus, Arjun

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