SrI:\u00a0 SrImathE SatakOpAya nama:\u00a0 SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama:\u00a0 SrImath varavaramunayE nama:<\/small><\/p>\n
Chapter 14<\/a><\/p>\n << Chapter 14 verse 12<\/a><\/p>\n aprakASO\u2019pravruththiS cha pramAdhO mOha Eva cha |<\/em> kuru nandhana – Oh descendant of kuru dynasty! Oh descendant of kuru dynasty! When thamO guNam rises, absence of knowledge, laziness, carelessness, contrary knowledge occur.<\/p>\n ‘When Tamas, Kuru\u2019s Son! is regnant<\/a>, then are bred obscurity, inertness, listlessness and error.’<\/span><\/p>\n Apraka\u015ba<\/em>=absence of illumination or intelligence=obscurity=stupidity.<\/span><\/p>\n Aprav\u1e5bitti<\/em>=Inertness=sluggishness=disinclination to work.<\/span><\/p>\n Pram\u0101da<\/em>=listlessness=attention diverted to the committal of misdeeds.<\/span><\/p>\n Moha=error, perverseness, hallucination or illusion= the disposition of the intellect to take distorted view of, or to misinterpret, things.<\/span><\/p>\n These arise when Tamas is uppermost. That is when stupidity etc., are seen to be rife, the inference there-from is that Tamas is in the ascendant.<\/span><\/p>\n >> Chapter 14 verse 14<\/a><\/p>\n archived in https:\/\/githa.koyil.org<\/a><\/p>\n pramEyam (goal) \u2013 http:\/\/koyil.org<\/a> SrI:\u00a0 SrImathE SatakOpAya nama:\u00a0 SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama:\u00a0 SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 14 << Chapter 14 verse 12 SlOkam \u2013 Original aprakASO\u2019pravruththiS cha pramAdhO mOha Eva cha | thamasyEthAni jAyanthE vivrudhdhE kurunandhana || word-by-word meaning kuru nandhana – Oh descendant of kuru dynasty! aprakASa: – absence of knowledge apravruththi: cha – laziness pramAdha – carelessness mOha: … Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,25],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5957","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-chapter-14","category-simple"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5957","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5957"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5957\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15771,"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5957\/revisions\/15771"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5957"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5957"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5957"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}SlOkam \u2013 Original<\/a><\/h3>\n
\n thamasyEthAni jAyanthE vivrudhdhE kurunandhana ||<\/em><\/p>\nword-by-word meaning<\/h3>\n
\naprakASa: – absence of knowledge
\napravruththi: cha – laziness
\npramAdha – carelessness
\nmOha: Eva cha – contrary knowledge
\nEthAni – (all) these
\nthamasi vivrudhdhE – when thamO guNam rises
\njAyanthE – occur<\/p>\nSimple Translation<\/h3>\n
Rendering based on ALkoNdavilli gOvindhAchArya swAmy\u2019s English translation of gIthA bhAshyam<\/h3>\n
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