लोभः स्वप्नो ऽअधृतिः क्रौर्यं नास्तिक्यं भिन्नवृत्तिता । याचिष्णुता प्रमादश् च तामसं गुणलक्षणम् ॥
lobhaḥ svapno 'adhṛtiḥ krauryaṃ nāstikyaṃ bhinnavṛttitā | yāciṣṇutā pramādaś ca tāmasaṃ guṇalakṣaṇam ||
Devanagari rendered by HREEM from the edition's roman (IAST) text; the IAST is the edition's own.
Covetousness, sleepiness, pusillanimity, cruelty, atheism, leading an evil life, a habit of soliciting favours, and inattentiveness, are the marks of the quality of Darkness.
Translated by Georg BühlerFrom an unproofread scan of the printed edition; spelling and line breaks may carry OCR errors.