tāmasam

यातयामं गतरसं पूति पर्युषितं च यत्

tāmasa — to persons in the mode of ignorance

Food that is stale, tasteless, putrid, spoiled, left over and unclean is dear to those of inertia.

विधिहीनमसृष्टान्नं मन्त्रहीनमदक्षिणम्

tāmasam — in the mode of ignorance

An offering made against what is directed, with no food distributed, without the sacred words, without gifts and without faith, is held to be of inertia.

मूढग्राहेणात्मनो यत्पीडया क्रियते तपः

tāmasam — in the mode of ignorance

Austerity performed out of confused notions, with self-torture, or in order to ruin another, is said to be of inertia.

अदेशकाले यद्दानमपात्रेभ्यश्च दीयते

tāmasam — of the nature of nescience

A gift given at the wrong place and time, to unworthy people, without regard and with contempt, is said to be of inertia.

यत्तु कृत्स्नवदेकस्मिन्कार्ये सक्तमहैतुकम्

tāmasam — in the mode of ignorance

And the knowledge which clings to one thing as if it were the whole, without reason, without regard for truth, and is small — that is said to be of inertia.

अनुबन्धं क्षयं हिंसामनपेक्ष्य च पौरुषम्

tāmasam — in the mode of ignorance

Action undertaken in delusion, without regard for consequences, for loss, for harm, or for one's own capacity, is said to be of inertia.

यदग्रे चानुबन्धे च सुखं मोहनमात्मनः

tāmasam — in the mode of ignorance

And that happiness which deludes the self from beginning to end, arising from sleep, idleness and heedlessness, is said to be of inertia.