Adhyāya 14Ch 14•Verse 8
"O son of Bharata, know that the mode of darkness, ..."
Adhyāya 14 • Shloka 8
तमस्त्वज्ञानजं विद्धि मोहनं सर्वदेहिनाम | प्रमादालस्यनिद्राभिस्तन्निबध्नाति भारत || ८ ||
tamas tv ajñāna-jaṁ viddhi mohanaṁ sarva-dehinām | pramādālasya-nidrābhis tan nibadhnāti bhārata || 8 ||
"O son of Bharata, know that the mode of darkness, born of ignorance, is the delusion of all embodied living entities. The results of this mode are madness, indolence and sleep, which bind the conditioned soul."