tāmasī
- of the mode of ignorance
- of the nature of ignorance
- in the mode of ignorance
In 3 verses
- 17.2
त्रिविधा भवति श्रद्धा देहिनां सा स्वभावजा
tāmasī — of the mode of ignorance
The faith of the embodied is of three kinds, arising from their own nature: of clarity, of restlessness and of inertia. Hear of them.
- 18.32
अधर्मं धर्ममिति या मन्यते तमसाऽऽवृता
tāmasī — of the nature of ignorance
The understanding, wrapped in darkness, that takes what is wrong for what is right, and sees everything the wrong way round, is of inertia.
- 18.35
यया स्वप्नं भयं शोकं विषादं मदमेव च
tāmasī — in the mode of ignorance
And the steadiness by which the dull do not let go of sleep, fear, grief, despair and conceit is of inertia.