Bhagavad Gita 18.28 meaningLetting go — and standing up
In simple wordsSo simple a child gets it
“A lazy, rude, gloomy worker who puts things off is dull.”
What it means
“A doer who is careless, crude, stubborn, deceitful, spiteful, lazy, gloomy and always putting things off is dull.”
The original Sanskrit
अयुक्तः प्राकृतः स्तब्धः शठो नैष्कृतिकोऽलसः । विषादी दीर्घसूत्री च कर्ता तामस उच्यते ॥
ayuktaḥ prākṛtaḥ stabdhaḥ śaṭho naiṣkṛtiko.alasaḥ viṣādī dīrghasūtrī ca kartā tāmasa ucyate
Translations
Literal translation
The agent who is unsteady, naive, unbending, deceitful, wicked, lazy, morose and procrastinating is said to be possessed of tamas.
Swami Gambhirananda
हिंदी अनुवाद
अयुक्त, प्राकृत, स्तब्ध, शठ, नैष्कृतिक, आलसी, विषादी और दीर्घसूत्री कर्ता तामस कहा जाता है।
Swami Tejomayananda
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