Bhagavad Gītā (Kashmirian recension)14.9
सत्त्वं सुखे सञ्जयति रजः कर्मणि भारत ।
ज्ञानमावृत्य तु तमः प्रमादे सञ्जयत्युत ॥
१४-९ ॥
sattvaṃ sukhe sañjayati rajaḥ karmaṇi bhārata |
jñānamāvṛtya tu tamaḥ pramāde sañjayatyuta ||
14-9 ||
— sattva binds to pleasure ; — rajas to action, O Bhārata ; — but tamas, having veiled knowledge ; — indeed binds to heedlessness Sattva binds to pleasure, rajas to action, O Bhārata; but tamas, having veiled knowledge, binds indeed to heedlessness.