Bhagavad Gita · 18.35
॥
Devanāgarī
यया स्वप्नं भयं शोकं विषादं मदमेव च ।
न विमुञ्चति दुर्मेधा धृतिः सा पार्थ तामसी ॥
Transliteration (IAST)
yayā svapnaṁ bhayaṁ śokaṁ viṣādaṁ madam eva ca |
na vimuñcati durmedhā dhṛtiḥ sā pārtha tāmasī ||
Word-by-word
SanskritIASTMeaning
ययाyayāby which [determination].
स्वप्नम् भयम् शोकम्svapnam bhayam śokamsleep, fear, sorrow.
विषादम् मदम् एव चviṣādam madam eva cadespondency, illusion (madam).
न विमुञ्चतिna vimuñcatihe does not give up, he clings.
दुर्मेधाःdurmedhāḥfoolish, unintelligent.
धृतिः साdhṛtiḥ sāthat determination.
पार्थpārthaO Pārtha!
तामसीtāmasīis in the mode of ignorance.
Translation
“O Pārtha, that obstinate determination by which a fool cannot free himself from sleep, fear, sorrow, despondency, and illusion, is called determination in the mode of ignorance.”
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