सत्त्वं सुखे सञ्जयति रजः कर्मणि भारत | ज्ञानमावृत्य तु तमः प्रमादे सञ्जयत्युत ||१४-९||
sattvaṃ sukhe sañjayati rajaḥ karmaṇi bhārata . jñānamāvṛtya tu tamaḥ pramāde sañjayatyuta ||14-9||
Chapter 14 · Verse 9
Guna Traya Vibhaga Yoga
गुणत्रयविभागयोग
In plain words
Just as a dark cloud enshrouds the sun so also Tamas envelops knowledge or the light of the Self. Tamas creates an attachment for heedlessness that is ignorance or forgetfulness of duty or the nonperformance of necessary (obligatory) duties.
Translation
14.9 Sattva generates attachment to pleasure, Rajas to action, O Arjuna. But Tamas, veiling knowledge, generates attachment to negligence.
Meaning
Just as a dark cloud enshrouds the sun so also Tamas envelops knowledge or the light of the Self. Tamas creates an attachment for heedlessness that is ignorance or forgetfulness of duty or the nonperformance of necessary (obligatory) duties.
Word by word
सत्त्वम् purity सुखे to happiness सञ्जयति attaches रजः active force कर्मणि to action भारत O Bharata ज्ञानम् knowledge आवृत्य shrouding तु verily तमः inertia प्रमादे to heedlessness सञ्जयति attaches उत but.