अयुक्तः प्राकृतः स्तब्धः शठो नैष्कृतिकोऽलसः । विषादी दीर्घसूत्री च कर्ता तामस उच्यते ॥ २८ ॥
ayuktaḥ prākṛitaḥ stabdhaḥ śhaṭho naiṣhkṛitiko ’lasaḥ viṣhādī dīrgha-sūtrī cha kartā tāmasa uchyate
Translation
A doer who is undisciplined, crude, stubborn, deceitful, malicious, lazy, despondent and procrastinating is called tamasic.
Hindi Meaning (हिंदी अर्थ)
जो कर्ता अयुक्त (असंयमी), असभ्य, घमंडी, धूर्त, दूसरों की जीविका नष्ट करने वाला, आलसी, विषादी और दीर्घसूत्री (टालमटोल करने वाला) है, वह तामस कहा जाता है।
Commentary
The tamasic worker's list ends with dirgha-sutri, literally "one with a long thread": the procrastinator who drags every task out. Vishadi, despondent, links back to chapter 1's vishada: gloomy inertia is itself a sign of tamas.
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