Verse 18.35

Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration, Word-for-word and English translation of verse 18.35:

यया स्वप्नं भयं शोकं विषादं मदम् एव च ।
न विमुञ्चति दुर्मेधा धृतिः सा तामसी मता ॥ ३५ ॥

yayā svapnaṃ bhayaṃ śokaṃ viṣādaṃ madam eva ca |
na vimuñcati durmedhā dhṛtiḥ sā tāmasī matā || 35 ||

yayā–by which; svapnam–excessive sleep; bhayam–fear; śokam–lamentation; viṣādam–depression; madam–madness; eva ca–and certainly; na–never; vimuñcati–can surpass; durmedhā–unintelligent; dhṛtiḥ–determination; sā–that; tāmasī–governed by the quality of darkness; matā–considered.

But the determination of an unintelligent person which renders him incapable of rising above excessive sleep, fear, lamentation, depression and madness, is considered influenced by the quality of ignorance.

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