Gita Verse 18.35

Bhagavad Gita: Chapter 18, Verse 35

Sanskrit Verse

यया स्वप्नं भयं शोकं विषादं मदमेव च।न विमुञ्चति दुर्मेधा धृतिः सा पार्थ तामसी।।18.35।।

Transliteration

yayā svapnaṁ bhayaṁ śhokaṁ viṣhādaṁ madam eva cha

na vimuñchati durmedhā dhṛitiḥ sā pārtha tāmasī

Word meanings

yayā—in which; svapnam—dreaming; bhayam—fearing; śhokam—grieving; viṣhādam—despair; madam—conceit; eva—indeed; cha—and; na—not; vimuñchati—give up; durmedhā—unintelligent; dhṛitiḥ—resolve; sā—that; pārtha—Arjun, the son of Pritha; tāmasī—in the mode of ignorance

Swami Sivananda's translation

That firmness, O Arjuna, by which a stupid man does not abandon sleep, fear, grief, despair, and conceit, is Tamasic.

Chapter link: Gita Chapter 18

Related Gunas: Tamas