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The Three Modes of Nature
अप्रकाशोऽप्रवृत्तिश्च प्रमादो मोह एव च।तमस्येतानि जायन्ते विवृद्धे कुरुनन्दन
aprakāśho ’pravṛittiśh cha pramādo moha eva cha tamasy etāni jāyante vivṛiddhe kuru-nandana
Darkness, stagnation, folly, and infatuation are the results of the dominance of ignorance, O joy of the Kuru clan!
aprakāśhaḥ—nescience · apravṛittiḥ—inertia · cha—and · pramādaḥ—negligence · mohaḥ—delusion · eva—indeed · cha—also · tamasi—mode of ignorance · etāni—these · jāyante—manifest · vivṛiddhe—when dominates · kuru-nandana—the joy of the Kurus, Arjun
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