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Chapter: 14, Verse: 9

Sanskrit

सत्त्वं सुखे सञ्जयति रजः कर्मणि भारत।ज्ञानमावृत्य तु तमः प्रमादे सञ्जयत्युत।।14.9।।

Summary

Purity brings happiness, passion brings commotion, and ignorance, which obscures wisdom, leads to a life of failure.