Chapter 18 · The Yoga of Liberation

श्रीकृष्णŚrī Kṛṣṇa speaks

Text 18.35

यया स्वप्नं भयं शोकं विषादं मदमेव च न विमुञ्चति दुर्मेधा धृति: सा पार्थ तामसी

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

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Word-for-Word Śabda-Artha (15 words)

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The firmness by which a dull person does not let go of sleep, fear, grief, despondency and conceit is of darkness. Holding on is not always strength — here the same faculty keeps the misery in place.

✨ Devotional Takeaway:Holding on is not always strength — here it keeps the misery in place.