BG 14.9
सत्त्वं सुखे सञ्जयति रजः कर्मणि भारत ।
ज्ञानमावृत्य तु तमः प्रमादे सञ्जयत्युत ॥
ज्ञानमावृत्य तु तमः प्रमादे सञ्जयत्युत ॥
sattvaṁ sukhe sañjayati rajaḥ karmaṇi bhārata
jñānam āvṛtya tu tamaḥ pramāde sañjayaty uta
jñānam āvṛtya tu tamaḥ pramāde sañjayaty uta
Word-for-word meanings
sattvam — sattva; sañjayati — binds one; sukhe — to happiness; bhārata — O descendant of Bharata; rajaḥ — rajas; karmaṇi — to action; tu — while; tamaḥ — tamas; āvṛtya — obscuring; jñānam — knowledge; sañjayati — enslaves one; uta — indeed; pramāde — to negligence.
Translation
Sattva binds one to happiness, O descendant of Bharata, rajas to action, while tamas, obscuring knowledge, enslaves one indeed to negligence.