Srimad Bhagavad-Gita : Chapter-18, Slokam - 28.

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Monday, July 25. 2022. 20:30. 

Chapter-18.  Moksha-sannyasa-yogam.

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Slokam-28.

This slokam  explains  how  a  Tamasan  will  be....

"Ayuktah   prakrtah   stabdhah  satho  naishkrtikolasah,

vishadi   dirghasutri   ca   karta   tamasah   ucyate."

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Slokam-28. Translation :

"And that worker who is always engaged in work against the injunction of the scripture, who is materialistic, obstinate, cheating and expert in insulting others, who is lazy, always morose and procrastinating, is a worker in the mode of ignorance."

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Translation :

ayuktah  =  one  who  have  no  mental  peace  and  satisfaction,  and;

prakrtah   stabdhah  =  without  politeness  and  cultureless;

sathah  =  deceitful  and;

naishkrtikah   =  active  in  back-biting  and  by  other  activities  spoils  other's  life  miserable;

alasah  vishadi  =  lazy  and  despair;

dirghasutri   ca   karta   =  procrastinating  doer;

tamasah   ucyate  =  is  said  to  be  Tamasan.

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Commentary :

According to the Shabda Tattva, one who follows the procedures for prescribed Vedic activities but due to not being consequent, procrastinates and does not commence it at the proper time is known as dirgha-sutri.

The activity that is required to be performed at an auspicious time but is delayed and hence missed the mark also indicates the meaning of dirgha- sutri which includes indolence and incompetence. 

Although procrastination is accurate it also includes indolence, for even if one is inspired to perform prescribed Vedic activities there is some impediment and obstacles in accomplishing them. 

This is the result of obscuration of vision and lack of cognizance of the Supreme Lord Krishna's paramount position.

 So even one with the potential for great achievements, due to bewilderment, despondency and laziness fails to reap the benefits for not performing the proper activity at the proper time. Such a one is undeniably situated in tama guna the mode of ignorance.

In the scriptural injunctions we find what sort of work should be performed and what sort of work should not be performed. 

Those who do not care for those injunctions engage in work not to be done, and such persons are generally materialistic. 

They work according to the modes of nature, not according to the injunctions of the scripture. 

Such workers are not very gentle, and generally they are always cunning and expert in insulting others. 

They are very lazy; even though they have some duty, they do not do it properly, and they put it aside to be done later on. 

Therefore they appear to be morose. 

They procrastinate; anything which can be done in an hour they drag on for years. 

Such workers are situated in the mode of ignorance.

One who is unqualified not having the requisite competence to perform prescribed Vedic activities. 

Who is prakritah or mundane and hence vulgar, vile and unrefined. 

Who is stabhah indolent, lethargic and unmotivated to engage in spiritual activities. 

Who is sathah or wicked having a predilection for evil and sorcery. 

Who is lazy, morose and deceitful. 

Who is dirgha-sutri rancorously insulting of others from envy and harbouring deep, dark vengeance against them. Such a one is unremittingly situated in tama guna the mode of passion.

One lacking in self control and devoid of piety, who is vain, vile and vulgar,  Who identifies with mundane material nature without discriminative knowledge. 

Who is deceitful, lethargic and morose. 

Who is offensive to others and who procrastinates in doing what is expected.

Such unfortunates are indisputably situated intama guna the mode of ignorance.

One who performs actions inconsistently, who is careless, who is vulgar, who insults others, who is pretentious and indolent, who procrastinates unable to timely accomplish what one boasted, who has an acute lack of discrimination. 

Such a one is unremittingly situated in tama guna the mode of ignorance.

The compound word dirgha-sutri means procrastinating but it also infers dirgha-suchi given to calumny of pointing out the past defects of others. 

The Amarakosa also states that one who exposes the mistakes of others from the past is called dirgha-sutri.

To be continued  ....

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