Bhagavad Gita: Chapter 18/Verse 28

अयुक्तः प्राकृतः स्तब्धः शठो नैष्कृतिकोऽलसः ।


विषादी दीर्घसूत्री च कर्ता तामस उच्यते ॥१८- २८॥

ayuktaḥ prākṛtaḥ stabdhaḥ śaṭho naiṣkṛtiko'lasaḥ ।

viṣādī dīrghasūtrī ca kartā tāmasa ucyate ॥18- 28॥

Undisciplined, vulgar, obstinate, wicked, dishonest, idle, despondent, and procrastinating is said to be the tamasic agent. 


ayuktas (past passive participle, masculine, nominative, singular) = undisciplined 

prākṛtas (masculine, nominative, singular) = vulgar

stabdhas (masculine, nominative, singular) = obstinate 

śaṭhas (masculine, nominative, singular) = wicked 

naiṣkṛtikas (masculine, nominative, singular) = dishonest 

alasas (masculine, nominative, singular) = idle 


viṣādī (masculine, nominative, singular) = despondent 

dīrghasūtrī (masculine, nominative, singular) = procrastinating 

ca (conjunction) (indeclinable) = and

kartā (masculine, nominative, singular) = agent 

tāmasas (masculine, nominative, singular) = tamasic  

ucyate (present tense, passive, 3rd person, singular) = it is said