Bhagavad Gita Chapter 18 Verse 35
भगवद् गीता अध्याय 18 श्लोक 35

यया स्वप्नं भयं शोकं विषादं मदमेव च।
न विमुञ्चति दुर्मेधा धृतिः सा पार्थ तामसी।।18.35।।



English Translation - Swami Gambirananda
18.35 That firmness is considered [Some editions read partha in place of mata (considered).-Tr.] to be born of tamas due to which a person with a corrupt intellect does not give up sleep, fear, sorrow, despondency as also sensuality.


English Translation - Swami Sivananda
18.35 That, by which a stupid man does not abandon sleep, fear, grief, despair and also conceit  that firmness, O Arjuna, is Tamasic.


English Translation - Dr. S. Sankaranarayan
18.35. The content, whery a foolish man does not give up his sleep, fear, grief, despondency and also arrogancethat content is deemed to be of the Tamas (Strand).


Transliteration Bhagavad Gita 18.35Yayaa swapnam bhayam shokam vishaadam madameva cha;
Na vimunchati durmedhaa dhritih saa paartha taamasee.


Word Meanings Bhagavad Gita 18.35yayā—in which; svapnam—dreaming; bhayam—fearing; śhokam—grieving; viṣhādam—despair; madam—conceit; eva—indeed; cha—and; na—not; vimuñchati—give up; durmedhā—unintelligent; dhṛitiḥ—resolve; sā—that; pārtha—Arjun, the son of Pritha; tāmasī—in the mode of ignorance