यया स्वप्नं भयं शोकं विषादं मदमेव च | न विमुञ्चति दुर्मेधा धृतिः सा पार्थ तामसी ||१८-३५||
yayā svapnaṃ bhayaṃ śokaṃ viṣādaṃ madameva ca . na vimuñcati durmedhā dhṛtiḥ sā pārtha tāmasī ||18-35||
- yayā
- by which
- svapnam
- dreaming
- bhayam
- fearfulness
- śokam
- lamentation
- viṣādam
- moroseness
- madam
- illusion
- eva
- certainly
- ca
- also
- na
- never
- vimuñcati
- one gives up
- durmedhā
- unintelligent
- dhṛtiḥ
- determination
- sā
- that
- pārtha
- O son of Pṛthā
- tāmasī
- in the mode of ignorance
And that determination which cannot go beyond dreaming, fearfulness, lamentation, moroseness and illusion – such unintelligent determination, O son of Pṛthā, is in the mode of darkness.