Shloka 28

भीष्मविक्रमदर्शनं तथा क्रौञ्चारुणव्यूहविधानम् | Bhīṣma’s Ascendancy and the Organization of the Krauñcāruṇa Formation

Devanagari script

असुक्त:* प्रकृते:९ स्तब्ध: शठो नैष्कृतिकोडलस: । विषादी दीर्घसूत्री च कर्ता तामस उच्यते,जो कर्ता अयुक्त, शिक्षासे रहित, घमंडी<, धूर्त” और दूसरोंकी जीविकाका नाश करनेवाला5* तथा शोक करनेवाला आलसी-* और दीर्घसूत्री:: है--वह तामस कहा जाता हैः5

Transliteration

ayuktaḥ prakṛtaḥ stabdhaḥ śaṭho naiṣkṛtiko 'lasaḥ | viṣādī dīrghasūtrī ca kartā tāmasa ucyate ||

Translation

Arjuna said: The doer who is undisciplined and untrained, stubborn and arrogant, deceitful and malicious, lazy and given to grief, and who delays action through procrastination—such an agent is declared to be of tamasic (tāmasika) nature.

Word by Word

अयुक्तःundisciplined / improper

प्रकृतेःof (his) nature / disposition

स्तब्धःstiff / arrogant / obstinate

शठःdeceitful / rogue

नैष्कृतिकःharmful / destructive (to others’ livelihood)

अलसःlazy

विषादीdespondent / grieving

दीर्घसूत्रीprocrastinating / dilatory

चand

कर्ताdoer / agent

तामसःtamasic (of darkness/ignorance)

उच्यतेis said / is called

Speaker

अजुन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Arjuna

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Geographic Context

Sandhi Notes