18.28 A doer who is dilatory Krishna speaks
अयुक्तः प्राकृतः स्तब्धः शठो नैष्कृतिकोऽलसः
विषादी दीर्घसूत्री च कर्ता तामस उच्यते
ayuktaḥ prākṛitaḥ stabdhaḥ śhaṭho naiṣhkṛitiko ‘lasaḥ
viṣhādī dīrgha-sūtrī cha kartā tāmasa uchyate
A doer who is undisciplined, coarse, stubborn, deceitful, dishonest, lazy, despondent and dilatory is said to be of inertia.
Explanation
A doer who is dilatory.
Undisciplined, coarse, stubborn, deceitful, dishonest, lazy, despondent — and dīrgha-sūtrī, long-threaded: one who drags things out.
An oddly specific and modern-sounding fault to close on. Procrastination is being graded with dishonesty, and the connection is the one 14.8 named: inertia binds by obscuring.
Word by word
- ayuktaḥ
- undisciplined
- prākṛitaḥ
- vulgar
- stabdhaḥ
- obstinate
- śhaṭhaḥ
- cunning
- naiṣhkṛitikaḥ
- dishonest or vile
- alasaḥ
- slothful
- viṣhādī
- unhappy and morose
- dīrgha-sūtrī
- procrastinating
- cha
- and
- kartā
- performer
- tāmasaḥ
- in the mode of ignorance
- uchyate
- is said to be
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