Chapter 18, Verse 35
यया स्वप्नं भयं शोकं विषादं मदमेव च। न विमुञ्चति दुर्मेधा धृतिः सा पार्थ तामसी।।18.35।।
yayā svapnaṃ bhayaṃ śokaṃ viṣādaṃ madam eva ca. na vimuñcati durmedhā dhṛtiḥ sā pārtha tāmasī.18.35.
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- यया
- by which (steadfastness)
- स्वप्नम्
- sleep
- भयम्
- fear
- शोकम्
- grief
- विषादम्
- despair
- मदम्
- conceit/intoxication
- एव च
- indeed and
- न विमुञ्चति
- does not give up / release
- दुर्मेधा
- the dull-witted (person)
- धृतिः
- steadfastness/firmness
- सा
- that
- पार्थ
- O son of Pritha (Arjuna)
- तामसी
- of the nature of tamas (dark/ignorant)
Commentary
35. That with which a stupid man does not give up sleep, fear, grift, depression and lust, that firmness, O Partha, is Tamasic.
Source: Alladi Mahadeva Sastri, The Bhagavad-Gita with the Commentary of Sri Shankaracharya (1897), public domain
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यया
स्वप्नम्
भयम्
शोकम्
विषादम्
मदम्
एव च
न विमुञ्चति
दुर्मेधा
धृतिः
सा
पार्थ
तामसी
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