(he) bhārata–O Arjuna; viddhi tu–and know; tamaḥ–the mode of ignorance; ajñāna-jam–born of darkness; mohanam–the delusion; sarvadehinām–of all the embodied beings; tat–that; nibadhnāti–binds; (dehinam)–the living being; pramāda-ālasya-nidrābhiḥ–with delusion, laziness, and sleep. [8]

And, O Bhārat, know the mode of ignorance, born of darkness, to be the ignorance of all the embodied beings, conditioning them to delusion, laziness, and slumber.