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“Darkness does not stay still; it breeds neglect and confusion.”
हे कुरुनन्दन तमोगुणके बढ़नेपर अप्रकाश, अप्रवृत्ति, प्रमाद और मोह ये वृत्तियाँ भी पैदा होती हैं ॥
श्लोक क्रम में — हर संस्कृत शब्द और नीचे उसका अर्थ। किसी शब्द पर टैप करके उसे देखें।
शब्दशःabsence of light · absence of activity · negligence · delusion · indeed · and · in tamas · these · are born · when increased · O descendant of Kuru
When tamas becomes stronger, a person loses clarity, becomes inactive, starts neglecting things, and falls into confusion.
यह श्लोक Krishna द्वारा कहा गया है, कुरुक्षेत्र की भूमि पर, अध्याय "गुणत्रय विभाग योग" में।
श्लोक 13 भगवद् गीता के 14वें अध्याय में है — गुणत्रय विभाग योग। इस अध्याय में कुल 27 श्लोक हैं।
An old uncle living alone stops cooking, lets the post pile up and sleeps through the afternoons. Krishna's signs of tamas help a relative see the heaviness for what it is and bring back light and routine.
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When tamas grows, Krishna says, darkness, inertia, carelessness and delusion follow close behind.
इस श्लोक का अर्थ
When tamas becomes stronger, a person loses clarity, becomes inactive, starts neglecting things, and falls into confusion.
संदर्भ और टिप्पणी
Krishna teaches Arjuna on the battlefield of Kurukshetra, where a whole life is being decided in a single moment. After describing the signs of rising sattva and rajas, he now shows what happens when tamas dominates: the mind dims, effort stops, carelessness appears, and confusion follows.
आज के जीवन में महत्व
An old uncle living alone stops cooking, lets the post pile up and sleeps through the afternoons. Krishna's signs of tamas help a relative see the heaviness for what it is and bring back light and routine.
“It feels easier to catch stagnation early than to wake up inside it.”
संबंधित विषय: gunas (47 श्लोक), delusion (19 श्लोक), tamas (18 श्लोक)