Shankaracharya's commentary, trans. Alladi Mahadeva Sastry (1897)
[1]But, know thou Tamas to be born of unwisdom, deluding all embodied beings; by heedlessness, indolence and sloth, it binds fast, O Bharata.
BG 14.8
तमस् त्व् अज्ञानजं विद्धि मोहनं सर्वदेहिनाम् । प्रमादालस्यनिद्राभिस् तन् निबध्नाति भारत ॥
tamas tv ajñāna-jaṃ viddhi mohanaṃ sarva-dehinām | pramādālasya-nidrābhis tan nibadhnāti bhārata ||
"Tamas — born of ignorance — deludes all beings and binds through carelessness, laziness, and sleep."
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Swami Swarupananda, Srimad Bhagavad Gita (1909)
[4]And know Tamas to be born of ignorance, stupefying all embodied beings; it binds fast, O descendant of Bharata, by miscomprehension, indolence, and sleep.
K.T. Telang, Sacred Books of the East Vol. 8 (1882)
[9]Darkness, know, is born of ignorance, and deludes all embodied beings. That binds by carelessness and indolence and sleep, O descendant of Bharata!
K.M. Ganguli, The Mahabharata, Bhishma Parva (1883–96)
[13]Darkness, however, know, is born of ignorance, and bewilders all embodied soul. That binds, O Bharata, by error, indolence, and sleep.