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Bhagavad-gītā 14.13
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A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
TEXT 13
- अप्रकाशोऽप्रवृत्तिश्च प्रमादो मोह एव च ।
- तमस्येतानि जायन्ते विवृद्धे कुरुनन्दन ॥१३॥
- aprakāśo 'pravṛttiś ca
- pramādo moha eva ca
- tamasy etāni jāyante
- vivṛddhe kuru-nandana
aprakāśaḥdarkness — darkness; apravṛttiḥinactivity — inactivity; caand — and; pramādaḥmadness — madness; mohaḥillusion — illusion; evacertainly — certainly; caalso — also; tamasithe mode of ignorance — the mode of ignorance; etānithese — these; jāyanteare manifested — are manifested; vivṛddhewhen developed — when developed; kuruO son of Kuru-nandanaO son of Kuru — O son of Kuru.
When there is an increase in the mode of ignorance, O son of Kuru, darkness, inertia, madness and illusion are manifested.
When there is no illumination, knowledge is absent. One in the mode of ignorance does not work by a regulative principle; he wants to act whimsically, for no purpose. Even though he has the capacity to work, he makes no endeavor. This is called illusion. Although consciousness is going on, life is inactive. These are the symptoms of one in the mode of ignorance.