Bhagavad Gita 14.13 Meaning: Aprakashopravrittishcha

Bhagavad Gita 14.13

अप्रकाशोऽप्रवृत्तिश्च प्रमादो मोह एव च ।तमस्येतानि जायन्ते विवृद्धे कुरुनन्दन ॥

Aprakashopravrittishcha pramado moha eva chaTamasyetani jayante vivriddhe kurunandana

aprakāśo’pravṛttiśca pramādo moha eva ca |tamasyetāni jāyante vivṛddhe kurunandana ||

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Our explanation Darkness of mind, inertia, carelessness and confusion arise, Krishna says, when tamas has grown. He calls Arjuna joy of the Kurus.

हिंदी अर्थ कृष्ण कहते हैं कि जब तम बढ़ता है, तब अप्रकाश (मन का अंधकार), अप्रवृत्ति (निष्क्रियता), प्रमाद और मोह उत्पन्न होते हैं। वे अर्जुन को कुरुनंदन कहकर पुकारते हैं।

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अप्रकाशः aprakāśaḥ · darkness, absence of light (noun (masculine), nominative singular) Dictionary: a-prakāśa, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 57, col. 2 “indistinctness, darkness”
अप्रवृत्तिः apravṛttiḥ · inactivity (noun (feminine), nominative singular) Dictionary: a-pravṛtti, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 58, col. 3 “abstaining from action, inertion”
च ca · and (indeclinable) Dictionary: 2. ca, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 380, col. 1 “and, both, also, moreover, as well as”
प्रमादः pramādaḥ · carelessness (noun (masculine), nominative singular) Dictionary: pra-māda, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 685, col. 2 “negligence, carelessness about (abl. or comp.)”
मोहः mohaḥ · delusion, confusion (noun (masculine), nominative singular) Dictionary: moha, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 836, col. 1 “loss of consciousness, bewilderment, perplexity, distraction, infatuation, delusion, error, folly”
एव eva · also (indeclinable) Dictionary: 1. eva, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 232, col. 2 “just, exactly, very, same, only, even, alone, merely”
च ca · and (indeclinable) Dictionary: 2. ca, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 380, col. 1 “and, both, also, moreover, as well as”
तमसि tamasi · when tamas (noun (neuter), locative singular) Dictionary: tamas, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 438, col. 1 “one of the 3 qualities or constituents of everything in creation”
एतानि etāni · these (pronoun (neuter), nominative plural) Dictionary: etad, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 231, col. 2 “this, this here, here”
जायन्ते jāyante · arise (present, 3rd person plural) Dictionary: jan, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 410, col. 1 “to be born or produced, come into existence”
विवृद्धे vivṛddhe · has grown (past participle (neuter), locative singular) Dictionary: vi-vṛddha, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 989, col. 1 “grown, increased, enhanced”
कुरुनन्दन kurunandana · O joy of the Kurus (compound (masculine), vocative singular) Dictionary: kuru-nandana, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 294, col. 1 “a descendant of Kuru”

Bhagavad Gita 14.13: meaning and translation

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