BG 14.17

सत्त्वात् सञ्जायते ज्ञानं रजसो लोभ एव च । प्रमादमोहौ तमसो भवतोऽज्ञानम् एव च ॥

sattvāt sañjāyate jñānaṃ rajaso lobha eva ca | pramāda-mohau tamaso bhavato'jñānam eva ca ||

"Sattva begets wisdom; rajas begets greed; tamas begets heedlessness, delusion, and ignorance."

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4 translations · all pre-1928 or released to public domain · sources

Shankaracharya's commentary, trans. Alladi Mahadeva Sastry (1897)

[1]
[Truncated in index] From Sattva arises wisdom, and greed (from Rajas; from Tamas arise heedlessness and delusion and ignorance).

Swami Swarupananda, Srimad Bhagavad Gita (1909)

[4]
From Sattva arises wisdom, and from Rajas greed; miscomprehension, delusion and ignorance arise from Tamas.

K.T. Telang, Sacred Books of the East Vol. 8 (1882)

[9]
Knowledge arises from goodness, and greed from passion; from darkness arise negligence and delusion and also ignorance.

K.M. Ganguli, The Mahabharata, Bhishma Parva (1883–96)

[13]
From Goodness is born wisdom, from Passion greed; from Darkness heedlessness and delusion and also ignorance.