Original Sanskrit

अयुक्तः प्राकृतः स्तब्धः शठो नैष्कृतिकोऽलसः । विषादी दीर्घसूत्री च कर्ता तामस उच्यते ॥ १८-२८॥

Transliteration

ayuktaḥ prākṛtaḥ stabdhaḥ śaṭho naiṣkṛtiko’lasaḥ viṣādī dīrghasūtrī ca kartā tāmasa ucyate 18-28

English Translation

Unsteady, vulgar, unbending, cheating, malicious, lazy, despondent, and procrastinating, such an agent is said to be TAMASIC (Dull) .

Word-by-Word Meaning

ayuktaḥ = not referring to the scriptural injunctions; prākṛtaḥ = materialistic; stabdhaḥ = obstinate; śaṭhaḥ = deceitful; naiṣkṛtikaḥ = expert in insulting others; alasaḥ = lazy; viṣādi = morose; dīrghasūtrī = procrastinating; ca = also; kartā = worker; tāmasaḥ = in the mode of ignorance; ucyate = is said to be.;

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The Yoga of Liberation through Renunciation

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