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Chapter 18 · Verse 28The Yoga of Liberation and Renunciation

Bhagavad Gita 18.28

BG 18.28 — Chapter 18 (The Yoga of Liberation and Renunciation), Verse 28, with Sanskrit, transliteration & translation.

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

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ayuktaḥ prākṛtaḥ stabdhaḥ śaṭho naiṣkṛtiko.alasaḥ . viṣādī dīrghasūtrī ca kartā tāmasa ucyate ||18-28||

Roman: ayuktah prakrtah stabdhah shatho naishkrtiko.alasah . vishadi dirghasutri ca karta tamasa ucyate

Unsteady, vulgar, unbending, cheating, malicious, lazy, desponding and procrastinating such an agent is called Tamasic.