Word
tāmasī
Used in 5 verses of the Bhagavad Gita.
How it is translated
- in the mode of ignorance (2)
- mode of ignorance (1)
- of the mode of ignorance (1)
- of the nature of ignorance (1)
Every verse
- 14.13अप्रकाशोऽप्रवृत्तिश्च प्रमादो मोह एव च।aprakāśho ’pravṛittiśh cha pramādo moha eva chaDarkness, inertia, carelessness, and delusion—these arise when Tamas is predominant, O Arjuna.Here: mode of ignorance
- 14.15रजसि प्रलयं गत्वा कर्मसङ्गिषु जायते।rajasi pralayaṁ gatvā karma-saṅgiṣhu jāyateMeeting death in Rajas, he is born among those who are attached to action; and dying in Tamas, he is born in the womb of the thoughtless.Here: in the mode of ignorance
- 17.2श्री भगवानुवाचत्रिविधा भवति श्रद्धा देहिनां सा स्वभावजा।śhrī-bhagavān uvāchaThe Blessed Lord said, "There are threefold faiths inherent in the nature of the embodied: the sattvic (pure), the rajasic (passionate), and the tamasic (dark). Hear of…Here: of the mode of ignorance
- 18.32अधर्मं धर्ममिति या मन्यते तमसाऽऽवृता।adharmaṁ dharmam iti yā manyate tamasāvṛitāThat intellect, O Arjuna, which is enveloped in darkness and sees Adharma as Dharma and all things perverted, is Tamasic (dark).Here: of the nature of ignorance
- 18.35यया स्वप्नं भयं शोकं विषादं मदमेव च।yayā svapnaṁ bhayaṁ śhokaṁ viṣhādaṁ madam eva chaThat firmness, O Arjuna, by which a stupid man does not abandon sleep, fear, grief, despair, and conceit, is Tamasic.Here: in the mode of ignorance