Tuesday, September 20, 2016

Bhagavad Gita: Chapter 14/Verse 9

सत्त्वं सुखे संजयति रजः कर्मणि भारत ।

ज्ञानमावृत्य तु तमः प्रमादे संजयत्युत ॥१४- ९॥


sattvaṃ sukhe saṃjayati rajaḥ karmaṇi bhārata ।


jñānamāvṛtya tu tamaḥ pramāde saṃjayatyuta ॥14- 9॥


Sattva causes attachment in happiness, rajas in action, Descendant of Bharata. But having obscured knowledge, tamas causes attachment in confusion, indeed. 


sattvam (neuter, nominative, singular) = sattva


sukhe (masculine/neuter, locative, singular) = in happiness


saṃjayati (present tense, 3rd person, singular) = it causes attachment 


rajas (neuter, nominative, singular) = rajas


karmaṇi (neuter, locative, singular) = in action 


bhārata (masculine, vocative, singular) = Descendant of Bharata 


jñānam (neuter, accusative, singular) = knowledge 


āvṛtya (gerund) (indeclinable) = having obscured 


tu (conjunction) (indeclinable) = but 


tamas (neuter, nominative, singular) = tamas 


pramāde (masculine, locative, singular) = in confusion 


saṃjayati (present tense, causative, 3rd person, singular) = it causes attachment


uta (adverb) (indeclinable) = indeed



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