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||
- sattvam
- the mode of goodness
- sukhe
- in happiness
- sañjayati
- binds
- rajaḥ
- the mode of passion
- karmaṇi
- in fruitive activity
- bhārata
- O son of Bharata
- jñānam
- knowledge
- āvṛtya
- covering
- tu
- but
- tamaḥ
- the mode of ignorance
- pramāde
- in madness
- sañjayati
- binds
- uta
- it is said
O son of Bharata, the mode of goodness conditions one to happiness; passion conditions one to fruitive action; and ignorance, covering one’s knowledge, binds one to madness.