Speaker: Śrī Kṛṣṇa
अप्रकाशोऽप्रवृत्तिश्च प्रमादो मोह एव च ।
तमस्येतानि जायन्ते विवृद्धे कुरुनन्दन ॥१३॥
aprakāśo 'pravṛttiś ca
pramādo moha eva ca
tamasy etāni jāyante
vivṛddhe kuru-nandana
Word for word (synonyms)
- aprakāśaḥ
- darkness
- apravṛttiḥ
- inactivity
- ca
- and
- pramādaḥ
- madness
- mohaḥ
- illusion
- eva
- certainly
- ca
- also
- tamasi
- of the mode of ignorance
- etāni
- these
- jāyante
- are manifested
- vivṛddhe
- is developed
- kuru-nandana
- O son of Kuru
Translation
O son of Kuru, when there is an increase in the mode of ignorance, madness, illusion, inertia and darkness are manifested.
Purport
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.
What this verse teaches
Recognizing the prominence of a mode
Qualities in this verse
Symptoms of the mode of ignorance
- madness
- illusion
- inertia
- darkness
Bhagavad-gītā As It Is by His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda © The Bhaktivedanta Book Trust International.