BG - 14.17

सत्त्वात्सञ्जायते ज्ञानं रजसो लोभ एव च।प्रमादमोहौ तमसो भवतोऽज्ञानमेव च।।14.17।।

sattvāt sañjāyate jñānaṁ rajaso lobha eva cha pramāda-mohau tamaso bhavato ’jñānam eva cha

• sattvāt - from the mode of goodness
• sañjāyate - arises
• jñānam - knowledge
• rajasaḥ - from the mode of passion
• lobhaḥ - greed
• eva - indeed
• cha - and
• pramāda - negligence
• mohau - delusion
• tamasaḥ - from the mode of ignorance
• bhavataḥ - arise
• ajñānam - ignorance
• eva - indeed
• cha - and

Translation

From Sattva arises knowledge, and greed from Rajas; heedlessness and delusion arise from Tamas, and also ignorance.

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