Learn·Chapter 18 · Liberation through renunciation·Verse 35 of 78
Bhagavad Gītā 18.35, word by word
BG 18.35
यया स्वप्नं भयं शोकं विषादं मदमेव च।न विमुञ्चति दुर्मेधा धृतिः सा पार्थ तामसी
yayā svapnaṁ bhayaṁ śhokaṁ viṣhādaṁ madam eva cha na vimuñchati durmedhā dhṛitiḥ sā pārtha tāmasī
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In English
And that which clings perversely to false idealism, fear, grief, despair, and vanity is the product of ignorance.
Translated by Shri Purohit Swami
That firmness, O Arjuna, by which a stupid man does not abandon sleep, fear, grief, despair, and conceit, is Tamasic.
Translated by Swami Sivananda
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