BRS 2.4.103

BRS 2.4.103

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.