अज्ञानमालस्यजडत्वनिद्रा - प्रमादमूढत्वमुखास्तमोगुणाः । एतैः प्रयुक्तो न हि वेत्ति किञ्चि - न्निद्रालुवत्स्तम्भवदेव तिष्ठति ॥ ११८ ॥
ajñānamālasyajaḍatvanidrā - pramādamūḍhatvamukhāstamoguṇāḥ ; etaiḥ prayukto na hi vetti kiñci - nnidrāluvatstambhavadeva tiṣṭhati . 118 .
Anvaya
अज्ञानम्ajñānam
Ignorance
आलस्यम्ālasyam
laziness
जडत्वम्jaḍatvam
dullness
निद्राnidrā
sleep
प्रमादःpramādaḥ
inattentiveness
मूढत्व–मुखाःmūḍhatva–mukhāḥ
delusion etc
तमो–गुणाःtamo–guṇāḥ
are the properties of tamas
एतैः प्रयुक्तःetaiḥ prayuktaḥ
A person driven by these
न हिna hi
does not
वेत्ति किंचित्vetti kiṃcit
know anything
तिष्ठतिtiṣṭhati
stays
निद्रालु–वत्nidrālu–vat
like a sleepy person
स्तम्भवद् एवstambhavad eva
or as a log only
Translation
Ignorance, laziness, dullness, sleep, inattentiveness, delusion etc., are the properties of tamas. A person driven by these cannot know truth but stays like a sleepy person or as a log.