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Verse 14·8

Sattva binds through knowledge and happiness

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तमस्त्वज्ञानजं विद्धि मोहनं सर्वदेहिनाम् ।प्रमादालस्यनिद्राभिस् तन्निबध्नाति भारत ॥

But tamas, know thou, born of ignorance, is the deluder of all embodied beings; it binds by negligence, indolence and sleep, O Bharata.

Gītā 14·8

From The Experiential Architecture · After Sri Aurobindo’s Essays on the Gita · incarnateword.in