Verse Text
atha (16) ālasyam –
sāmarthyasyāpi sad-bhāve kriyānunmukhatā hi yā |
tṛpti-śramādi-sambhūtā tad-ālasyam udīryate ||103||
Translation
Lack of enthusiasm to do activities because of satiation or fatigue, even though one has the ability to do them is called ālasya.
Purport (Jiva Goswami)
Sad-bhāve means having the ability to do if one had the enthusiasm.
Purport (Nectar of Devotion)
Laziness
When, because of self-satisfaction or dislike of excessive labor, a person does not perform his duty in spite of having the energy, he is called lazy. This laziness also is manifested in ecstatic love of Kṛṣṇa.