अयुक्तः प्राकृतः स्तब्धः शठो नैष्कृतिकोऽलसः |
विषादी दीर्घसूत्री च कर्ता तामस उच्यते ||१८-२८||
ayuktaḥ prākṛtaḥ stabdhaḥ śaṭho naiṣkṛtiko.alasaḥ . viṣādī dīrghasūtrī ca kartā tāmasa ucyate ||18-28||
।।18.28।। अयुक्त, प्राकृत, स्तब्ध, शठ, नैष्कृतिक, आलसी, विषादी और दीर्घसूत्री कर्ता तामस कहा जाता है।।
18.28 अयुक्तः unsteady? प्राकृतः vulgar? स्तब्धः unbending? शठः cheating? नैष्कृतिकः malicious? अलसः lazy? विषादी desponding? दीर्घसूत्री procrastinating? च and? कर्ता agent? तामसः Tamasic (dark)? उच्यते is said.Commentary Owing to his vulgar nature he is not able to discriminate between proper and improper actions. His heart is filled with vanity. He will never prostrate himself before the deity or a sage. He is very stiff and unbending in his demeanour. He is the very embodiment of deceit? the
Non-dualism. The individual self and Brahman are one. The world is appearance (maya). Liberation through knowledge.
।।18.28।।जो कर्ता अयुक्त है -- जिसका चित्त समाहित नहीं है? जो बालकके समान प्राकृत -- अत्यन्त संस्कारहीन बुद्धिवाला है? जो स्तब्ध है -- दण्डकी भाँति किसीके सामने नहीं झुकता? जो शठ अर्थात् अपनी सामर्थ्यको गुप्त रखनेवाला कपटी है? जो नैष्कृतिक -- दूसरोंकी वृत्तिका छेदन करनेमें तत्पर और आलसी है -- जिसका कर्तव्यकार्यमें भी प्रवृत्त होनेका स्वभाव नहीं है? जो विषादी -- सदा शोकयुक्त स्वभाववाला और दीर्घसूत्री है -- कर्तव्यमें बहुत विलम्ब करनेवाला है अर्थात् आज या कल कर लेनेयोग्य कार्यको महीनेभरमें भी समाप्त नहीं कर पाता? जो ऐसा कर्ता है वह तामस कहा जाता है।
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18.28 The agent who is unsteady, naive, unbending, deceitful, wicked, [A variant reading is naikrtikah.-Tr.] lazy, morose and procrastinating is said to be possessed of tamas.
This interpretation draws on the Advaita tradition and may not represent the view of any single school. For authoritative guidance within a specific tradition, seek a qualified teacher.
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