Chapter 18 · The Yoga of Liberation

श्रीकृष्णŚrī Kṛṣṇa speaks

Text 18.28

अयुक्त: प्राकृत: स्तब्ध: शठो नैष्कृतिकोऽलस: विषादी दीर्घसूत्री च कर्ता तामस उच्यते

ayuktaḥ prākṛitaḥ stabdhaḥ śhaṭho naiṣhkṛitiko ‘lasaḥ viṣhādī dīrgha-sūtrī cha kartā tāmasa uchyate

Recitation · Text 18.28
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Word-for-Word Śabda-Artha (12 words)

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Purport Overview & Key Insights

A doer who is unsteady, vulgar, unbending, deceitful, malicious, lazy, despondent and procrastinating is called of darkness. Dīrgha-sūtrī — the long-thread one, who never finishes. Procrastination is named as a moral category.

✨ Devotional Takeaway:Dīrgha-sūtrī — procrastination is named as a moral category.