Yathora

The Gita · Chapter 14

Bhagavad Gita 14.13

अप्रकाशोऽप्रवृत्तिश्च प्रमादो मोह एव च।तमस्येतानि जायन्ते विवृद्धे कुरुनन्दन॥

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

Translation

Darkness, stagnation and heedlessness and also delusion—these are born of the increase of Inertia, O joy of the Kurus.

What it means

Darkness, inertness, heedlessness and delusion: these arise when tamas increases. The symptoms are dullness and carelessness. When nothing matters, fog has won.

Try this today

Tamas's signature: dimness, stall, carelessness, confusion.

Something to reflect on

What are my fog's early symptoms - and who is allowed to name them to me?

Read it in Yathora
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Translation by Annie Besant (1905, public domain). The meanings are original to Yathora, drawn from Shankara’s commentary.