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=== तमः ॥ Tamas ===
 
=== तमः ॥ Tamas ===
The nature of tamas and how it binds:  
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Tamas is known to be born out of ignorance and deludes all embodied beings and binds them with insanity, laziness and sleep.<ref name=":2" /> <blockquote>तमस्त्वज्ञानजं विद्धि मोहनं सर्वदेहिनाम् । प्रमादालस्यनिद्राभिस्तन्निबध्नाति भारत ॥१४.८॥<ref name=":3" />
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तमस्त्वज्ञानजं विद्धि मोहनं सर्वदेहिनाम् प्रमादालस्यनिद्राभिस्तन्निबध्नाति भारत ॥१४- ८॥
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tamastvajñānajaṁ viddhi mohanaṁ sarvadehinām pramādālasyanidrābhistannibadhnāti bhārata ॥14.8॥</blockquote>Ignorance is the veiling power of Maya. The other power of maya is the projecting power, which functions mainly through rajas. Maya is armed with these two powers.  
 
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Tamas guṇa''',''' is born of ignorance. It is the cause of illusion for the embodied souls. It deludes all living beings through errors or negligence, laziness, and sleep. ([https://dharmawiki.org/index.php/Tamas_(%E0%A4%A4%E0%A4%AE%E0%A4%83) Tamas article])
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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.
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And know further that tamas is born of ignorance and that it deludes all embodied creatures. It binds fast by inadvertence, indolence and sleep. SN
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Ignorance is the veiling power of Maya. The other power of maya is the projecting power, which functions mainly through rajas. Maya is armed with these two powers.  
      
Under the influence of tamas one become inattentive, slothful and inert. SN.
 
Under the influence of tamas one become inattentive, slothful and inert. SN.

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