अज्ञानमालस्यजडत्वनिद्रा -प्रमादमूढत्वमुखास्तमोगुणाः ।एतैः प्रयुक्तो न हि वेत्ति किञ्चि -न्निद्रालुवत्स्तम्भवदेव तिष्ठति ॥ ११८ ॥
In plain words
Ignorance, laziness, dullness, drowsiness, carelessness, stupidity - these are what tamas produces. A person under their spell knows nothing at all; he simply sits there, as good as asleep, as inert as a post.
Close to the Sanskrit
Ignorance, laziness, dullness, sleep, negligence, stupidity, and so forth — these are the qualities of tamo-guṇa. One driven by these does not know anything at all; he remains just like a sleepy person, or like a post.