BG 18.28
अयुक्तः प्राकृतः स्तब्धः शठो नैष्कृतिकोऽलसः ।
विषादी दीर्घसूत्री च कर्ता तामस उच्यते ॥
विषादी दीर्घसूत्री च कर्ता तामस उच्यते ॥
ayuktaḥ prākṛtaḥ stabdhaḥ śaṭho naiṣkṛtiko ’lasaḥ
viṣādī dīrgha-sūtrī ca kartā tāmasa ucyate
viṣādī dīrgha-sūtrī ca kartā tāmasa ucyate
Word-for-word meanings
kartā — the agent; ayuktaḥ — who acts improperly; prākṛtaḥ — who is uncultured; stabdhaḥ — arrogant; śaṭhaḥ — deceitful; naiṣkṛtikaḥ — overbearing; alasaḥ — indolent; viṣādī — despondent; ca — and; dīrgha-sūtrī — procrastinating; ucyate — is called; tāmasaḥ — tāmasika.
Translation
An agent who acts improperly and who is uncultured, arrogant, deceitful, overbearing, indolent, despondent, and procrastinating is called tāmasika.