Bhagavad Gita 18.28
अयुक्तः प्राकृतः स्तब्धः शठो नैष्कृतिकोऽलसः।विषादी दीर्घसूत्री च कर्ता तामस उच्यते॥
ayuktaḥ prākṛitaḥ stabdhaḥ śhaṭho naiṣhkṛitiko ‘lasaḥ viṣhādī dīrgha-sūtrī cha kartā tāmasa uchyate
Translation
Discordant, vulgar, stubborn, cheating, malicious, indolent, despairful, procrastinating, that actor is called dark.
What it means
Undisciplined, vulgar, obstinate, deceitful, malicious, lazy, despondent and procrastinating: that actor is called tamasic. The dark actor's portrait is a study in drift. Delay and deceit are its daily habits.
Try this today
Tamasic doer: the full profile of degraded work - delay and despair included.
Something to reflect on
Which item of the dark profile - delay, deceit, drift - visits me under stress?
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