Sanskrit · Devanagari
यया स्वप्नं भयं शोकं विषादं मदमेव च। न विमुञ्चति दुर्मेधा धृतिः सा पार्थ तामसी ॥
Sanskrit · IAST
yayā svapnaṃ bhayaṃ śokaṃ viṣādaṃ madameva ca na vimuñcati durmedhā dhṛtiḥ sā pārtha tāmasī
English witness
Kashinath Trimbak Telang, 1882O son of Pṛthā! by which an undiscerning man does not give up sleep fear sorrow despondency and folly.
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Śaṅkarācārya
।।18.35।। --,यया स्वप्नं निद्रां भयं त्रासं शोकं विषादं विषण्णतां मदं विषयसेवाम् आत्मनः बहुमन्यमानः मत्त इव मदम् एव च मनसि नित्यमेव कर्तव्यरूपतया कुर्वन् न विमुञ्चति धारयत्येव दुर्मेधाः कुत्सितमेधाः पुरुषः यः? तस्य धृतिः या? सा तामसी मता।।गुणभेदेन क्रियाणां कारकाणां च त्रिविधो भेदः उक्तः। अथ इदानीं फलस्य सुखस्य त्रिविधो भेदः उच्यते --,
d9f6abcab25a…Rāmānuja
18.35 That Dhrti by which a foolish person does not give up, i.e. persists in, sleep, and sensuous indulgence through the activities of the mind, vital force etc., - that Dhrti is of the nature of Tamas. The terms fear, grief and depression indicate the objects generating fear, grief etc. That Dhrti by which one maintains the activities of the mind, the vital force etc., as a means for these, is of the nature of Tamas.
6807f7d3e389…Swami Sivananda
18.35 यया by which? स्वप्नम् sleep? भयम् fear? शोकम् grief? विषादम् despair? मदम् conceit? एव indeed? च and? न not? विमुञ्चति abandons? दुर्मेधाः a stupid man? धृतिः firmness? सा that? पार्थ O Arjuna? तामसी Tamasic (dark).Commentary The man who is an embodiment of darkness is made up of every possible kind of evil. He is very indolent and sinful. He is inordinately addicted to sleep. He considers these to be only proper. He experiences sorrow on account of his evil actions. As he is very much attached to the body he entertains great fear. He is ever discontented at heart. He is lustful and selfconceited. He does not know how to behave. He is rude and insolent. He indulges much in sensual pleasures.
8d2adff4397d…These supplied texts come from the pinned VedicScriptures dataset under GPL-3.0 and await independent alignment review.