Speaker: Śrī Kṛṣṇa
यया स्वप्नं भयं शोकं विषादं मदमेव च ।
न विमुञ्चति दुर्मेधा धृतिः सा पार्थ तामसी ॥३५॥
yayā svapnaṁ bhayaṁ śokaṁ
viṣādaṁ madam eva ca
na vimuñcati durmedhā
dhṛtiḥ sā pārtha tāmasī
Word for word (synonyms)
- yayā
- by which
- svapnam
- dream
- bhayam
- fearfulness
- śokam
- lamentation
- viṣādam
- moroseness
- madam
- illusion
- eva
- certainly
- ca
- also
- na
- never
- vimuñcati
- is liberated
- durmedhāḥ
- unintelligent
- dhṛtiḥ
- determination
- sā
- that
- pārtha
- O son of Pṛthā
- tāmasī
- in the mode of ignorance
Translation
And that determination which cannot go beyond dreaming, fearfulness, lamentation, moroseness, and illusion—such unintelligent determination is in the mode of darkness.
Purport
It should not be concluded that a person in the mode of goodness does not dream. Here dream means too much sleep. Dream is always present; either in the mode of goodness, passion or ignorance, dream is a natural occurrence. But those who cannot avoid oversleeping, who cannot avoid the pride of enjoying material objects and who are always dreaming of lording it over the material world, whose life, mind, and senses are thus engaged, are considered to be in the mode of ignorance.
What this verse teaches
Determination (dhṛti) in three modes
Bhagavad-gītā As It Is by His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda © The Bhaktivedanta Book Trust International.