BG 18.35

यया स्वप्नं भयं शोकं विषादं मदमेव च ।
न विमुञ्चति दुर्मेधा धृतिः सा पार्थ तामसी ॥
yayā svapnaṁ bhayaṁ śokaṁ viṣādaṁ madam eva ca
na vimuñcati durmedhā dhṛtiḥ sā pārtha tāmasī

Word-for-word meanings

sā — that;  dhṛtiḥ — determination;  yayā — by which;  durmedhā — a person bereft of discrimination;  na vimuñcati — is unable to relinquish;  svapnam — sleep;  bhayam — fear;  śokam — grief;  viṣādam — depression;  eva ca — and indeed;  madam — pride;  tāmasī — [is] tāmasika;  pārtha — O son of Pṛthā.

Translation

That determination by which a person bereft of discrimination is unable to relinquish sleep, fear, grief, depression, and pride is tāmasika, O Pārtha.

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