BG - 18.35

यया स्वप्नं भयं शोकं विषादं मदमेव च।न विमुञ्चति दुर्मेधा धृतिः सा पार्थ तामसी।।18.35।।

yayā svapnaṁ bhayaṁ śhokaṁ viṣhādaṁ madam eva cha na vimuñchati durmedhā dhṛitiḥ sā pārtha tāmasī

• yayā - in which
• svapnam - dreaming
• bhayam - fearing
• śhokam - grieving
• viṣhādam - despair
• madam - conceit
• eva - indeed
• cha - and
• na - not
• vimuñchati - give up
• durmedhā - unintelligent
• dhṛitiḥ - resolve
• sā - that
• pārtha - Arjun, the son of Pritha
• tāmasī - in the mode of ignorance

Translation

That firmness, O Arjuna, by which a stupid man does not abandon sleep, fear, grief, despair, and conceit, is Tamasic.

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