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Bhagavad Gita Chapter 14, Verse 8 (14.8) means: But dullness, born of ignorance, deludes all embodied beings. It binds through carelessness, laziness, and sleep, Arjuna.
तमस्त्वज्ञानजं विद्धि मोहनं सर्वदेहिनाम्।प्रमादालस्यनिद्राभिस्तन्निबध्नाति भारत।।14.8।।
tamas tv ajñāna-jaṁ viddhi mohanaṁ sarva-dehinām pramādālasya-nidrābhis tan nibadhnāti bhārata
But dullness, born of ignorance, deludes all embodied beings. It binds through carelessness, laziness, and sleep, Arjuna.
पर अर्जुन, जड़ता, अज्ञान से जन्मी, सब देहधारियों को मोह में डालती है। यह लापरवाही, आलस्य और नींद से बाँधती है।
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It is verse 8 of Chapter 14 of the Bhagavad Gita, which has 27 verses in total.
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