BG - 14.9

सत्त्वं सुखे सञ्जयति रजः कर्मणि भारत।ज्ञानमावृत्य तु तमः प्रमादे सञ्जयत्युत।।14.9।।

sattvaṁ sukhe sañjayati rajaḥ karmaṇi bhārata jñānam āvṛitya tu tamaḥ pramāde sañjayaty uta

• sattvam - mode of goodness
• sukhe - to happiness
• sañjayati - binds
• rajaḥ - mode of passion
• karmaṇi - toward actions
• bhārata - Arjun, the son of Bharat
• jñānam - wisdom
• āvṛitya - clouds
• tu - but
• tamaḥ - mode of ignorance
• pramāde - to delusion
• sañjayati - binds
• uta - indeed

Translation

Sattva attaches to happiness, Rajas to action, O Arjuna, while Tamas, verily shrouding knowledge, attaches to heedlessness.

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