Devanagari
यया स्वप्नं भयं शोकं विषादं मदमेव च ।
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Verse text
yayā svapnaṁ bhayaṁ śokaṁ
viṣādaṁ madam eva ca
na vimuṣcati durmedhā
dhṛtiḥ sā pārtha tāmasī
Synonyms
yayā
—
by which
;
svapnam
—
dreaming
;
bhayam
—
fearfulness
;
śokam
—
lamentation
;
viṣādam
—
moroseness
;
madam
—
illusion
;
eva
—
certainly
;
ca
—
also
;
na
—
never
;
vimuṣcati
—
one gives up
;
durmedhā
—
unintelligent
;
dhṛtiḥ
—
determination
;
sā
—
that
;
pārtha
—
O son of Pṛthā
;
tāmasī
—
in the mode of ignorance.
Translation
And that determination which cannot go beyond dreaming, fearfulness, lamentation, moroseness and illusion – such unintelligent determination, O son of Pṛthā, is in the mode of darkness.
Translation (Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura)
35. That determination by which one does not free oneself from sleep, fear, lamentation, dejection and passion is in the mode of tamas.
Translation (Baladeva Vidyabhusana)
35. That determination by which one does not free oneself from sleep, fear, lamentation, dejection and passion is in the mode of tamas.
Purport
It should not be concluded that a person in the mode of goodness does not dream. Here “dream” means too much sleep. Dreaming is always present; either in the mode of goodness, passion or ignorance, dreaming is a natural occurrence. But those who cannot avoid oversleeping, who cannot avoid the pride of enjoying material objects, who are always dreaming of lording it over the material world, and whose life, mind and senses are thus engaged, are considered to have determination in the mode of ignorance.
Purport (Baladeva Vidyabhusana)
That determination is in the mode of ignorance by which the fool engages his senses, mind and prāṇas in actions for sense objects which are causes of sleep, fear, lamentation, depression and arrogance arising from sense enjoyment (madam), and which bring these results, is determination in the mode of ignorance.