तमस्त्वज्ञानजं विद्धि मोहनं सर्वदेहिनाम् | प्रमादालस्यनिद्राभिस्तन्निबध्नाति भारत
tamastvajñānajaṃ viddhi mohanaṃ sarvadehinām . pramādālasyanidrābhistannibadhnāti bhārata
然而，要知道「答磨」（Tamas）是生於無明，迷惑一切有身者。婆羅多後裔啊，它透過疏忽、懶惰和睡眠來束縛。
On the other hand, know tamas, which deludes all embodied beings, to be born of ignorance. O scion of the Bharata dynasty, that binds through inadvertence, laziness and sleep.
答磨（Tamas）是一種束縛的力量，傾向於遲鈍、怠惰和愚蠢的行為。它導致迷惑或缺乏辨別力。它束縛那些將真我與身體聯繫在一起的人。答磨性的人在身體需求的驅使下行動，缺乏判斷力。他被身體的需求所困擾，在壓力下行動以維持生存。他的行動不受理性引導，而是在本能層面。他的感官遲鈍，變得癡迷和麻木。他沒有工作的意願，經常打哈欠，睡得太多，總是想睡覺。他從不知道何時、如何行動，說什麼、對誰說、如何說。他喜歡走錯路，不知道如何行為或如何稱呼他人。他粗心大意、無知，忘記一切，疏忽怠惰，僅比無生命的物質高一個層次。受疏忽（Pramada）控制的人無法辨別永恆與非永恆，這是覺悟的敵人，是悅性（Sattva）的影響。被懶惰（Alasya）壓倒的人無法努力，這是活動（Pravritti）的敵人，是羅闍（Rajas）的影響。睡眠（Nidra）是「消融狀態」（LayaVritti），一種沉浸於無明的狀態，依賴於答磨，它是悅性（Sattva）和羅闍（Rajas）所做工作的敵人。
Tamas is that binding force with a tendency to lethargy? sloth and foolish actions. It causes delusion or nondiscrimination. It binds him who associates the Self with the body. A Tamasic man acts under the compulsion of the wants of the body. He has no power of judgment. Troubled by the wants of the body he acts under pressure to keep himself alive. His actions are not guided by reason. They are on the plane of instinct. His senses are dull. He becomes infatuated and stupefied. He has no inclination to work. He yawns much. He sleeps too much. He always wants to sleep. He nevr knows when and how to act? what? to whom and how to talk. He takes delight in following the wrong path. He does not know how to behave or how to address others. He is thoughtless and ignorant. He forgets everything. He is negligent and indolent. He is just in a stage higher than lifeless matter.He who is under the grip of heedlessness (Pramada) is not able to discriminate between the eternal and the noneternal. This is an enemy of illumination? the effect of Sattva. He who is overpowered by laziness (Alasya) is not able to exert. This is an enemy of Pravritti? the effect of Rajas. Sleep (Nidra) is LayaVritti? (a state of absorption into ignorance) which is dependent on Tamas. This is the enemy of the works done by Sattva and Rajas.