Chapter 18 Verse 28 of 78

• ayuktaḥ prākṛtaḥ stabdhaḥ
• śaṭho naiṣkṛtiko 'lasaḥ
• viṣādī dīrgha-sūtrī ca
• kartā tāmasa ucyate

Translation

The worker who is always engaged in work against the injunctions of the scripture, who is materialistic, obstinate, cheating and expert in insulting others, and who is lazy, always morose and procrastinating is said to be a worker in the mode of ignorance.

Synonyms

• ayuktaḥ

  not referring to the scriptural injunctions

• prākṛtaḥ

  materialistic

• stabdhaḥ

  obstinate

• śaṭhaḥ

  deceitful

• naiṣkṛtikaḥ

  expert in insulting others

• alasaḥ

  lazy

• viṣādī

  morose

• sūtrī

  procrastinating

• ca

  also

• kartā

  worker

• tāmasaḥ

  in the mode of ignorance

• ucyate

  is said to be.

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