Bhagavad Gita · 18.28
॥
Devanāgarī
अयुक्तः प्राकृतः स्तब्धः शठो नैष्कृतिकोऽलसः ।
विषादी दीर्घसूत्री च कर्ता तामस उच्यते ॥
Transliteration (IAST)
ayuktaḥ prākṛtaḥ stabdhaḥ śaṭho naiṣkṛtiko 'lasaḥ |
viṣādī dīrgha-sūtrī ca kartā tāmasa ucyate ||
Word-by-word
SanskritIASTMeaning
अयुक्तःayuktaḥinattentive, unfocused.
प्राकृतःprākṛtaḥvulgar, coarse.
स्तब्धःstabdhaḥobstinate, arrogant.
शठःśaṭhaḥdeceitful, false.
नैष्कृतिकःnaiṣkṛtikaḥmalicious, fond of insulting others.
अलसःalasaḥlazy.
विषादीviṣādīperpetually despondent, gloomy, prone to depression.
दीर्घसूत्री चdīrgha-sūtrī caand one who procrastinates.
कर्ताkartāthe doer.
तामसःtāmasaḥin the mode of ignorance.
उच्यतेucyateis called.
Translation
“A doer who is always distracted, coarse, obstinate, deceitful, malicious, lazy, perpetually despondent, and given to procrastination, is called a doer in the mode of ignorance.”
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