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Bhagavad Gita Chapter 18.28

ayuktaḥ prākṛtaḥ stabdhaḥ

śaṭho naiṣkṛtiko ’lasaḥ

viṣādī dīrgha-sūtrī ca

kartā tāmasa ucyate

Translation

The worker who is always engaged in work against the injunctions of the scripture, who is materialistic, obstinate, cheating and expert in insulting others, and who is lazy, always morose and procrastinating is said to be a worker in the mode of ignorance.

Author Name:-Sri Ramanuja

Purport

Sri Ramanuja

18.28 ‘Ayukta’ is the doer who is unqualified for acts enjoined by the Sastras; the meaning is that he is engaged in perverse acts; who is ‘unrefined’, means one uninstructed; who is ‘stubborn’, means one who is not disposed to act; who is ‘depraved’ means one who has the taste for black magic etc; who is dishonest is one who is treacherous; who is ‘indolent’ is one who is not inclined to carry out actions undertaken; who is ‘despondent’ is one given to excessive despondency; and one who is ‘dilatory’, is a person who, while engaged in black magic, etc., pays malevolent attention to produce long-standing evil to others — such a doer is declared to be Tamasika. Thus, has been told the threefold division in terms of the Gunas of the knowledge about the work that ought to be performed, and about the agent of work. Now, Sri Krsna describe s the threefold division of Buddhi and Dhrti (fortitude) on the basis of Gunas. These faculties give the determinate knowledge of all realities in existence and of all ends of human life (Purusarthas).

Author Name:-Sri Adi Shankaracharya

Purport

Sri Adi Shankaracharya

18.28 The agent who is ayuktah, unsteady; prakrtah, naive, of very unrefined intelligence, like a child; stabdhah, unbending like a staff-he does not bend down to anyone; sathah, deceitful, cunning, hiding his own powers; naiskrtikah, wicked, given to destroying the livelihood of others; alasah, lazy, not inclined even to his own duties; visadi, morose, ever in a mood of dejection; and dirghasutri, procrastinating, postponing duties for long, [Ast. adds here, ‘sarvada mandasvabhavah, always slow by nature’.-Tr.] not accomplishing even in a month what is to be done today or tomorrow;-one who is such, he ucyate, is said to be; tamasah, possessed of tamas.

Author Name:-Sri Madhvacharya

Purport

Sri Madhvacharya

The compound word dirgha-sutri means procrastinating but it also infers dirgha-suchi given to calumny of pointing out the past defects of others. The Amarakosa also states that one who exposes the mistakes of others from the past is called dirgha-sutri.

Now begins the summation.

According to the Shabda Tattva, one who follows the procedures for prescribed Vedic activities but due to not being consequent, procrastinates and does not commence it at the proper time is known as dirgha-sutri.

The activity that is required to be performed at an auspicious time but is delayed and hence missed the mark also indicates the meaning of dirgha- sutri which includes indolence and incompetence. Although procrastination is accurate it also includes indolence, for even if one is inspired to perform prescribed Vedic activities there is some impediment and obstacles in accomplishing them. This is the result of obscuration of vision and lack of cognizance of the Supreme Lord Krishna’s paramount position. So even one with the potential for great achievements, due to bewilderment, despondency and laziness fails to reap the benefits for not performing the proper activity at the proper time. Such a one is undeniably situated in tama guna the mode of ignorance.

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