Darkness, inertness, heedlessness and delusion — these arise when TAMAS is predominant, O descendant-of-Kuru.

aprakāśaḥ = darkness; apravṛttiḥ = inactivity; ca = and; pramādaḥ = madness; mohaḥ = illusion; eva = certainly; ca = also; tamasi = the mode of ignorance; etāni = these; jāyante = are manifested; vivṛddhe = when developed; kurunandana = O son of Kuru.;