Sanskrit Verse
yaya svapnam bhayam sokam visadam madam eva ca na vimuncati durmedha dhriti sa partha tamasi
Translation & Meaning
The steadiness by which a foolish person does not give up sleep, fear, grief, despondency, and arrogance — that steadiness is tamasic, O Arjuna. Tamasic dhriti is the grim persistence of someone stuck in self-destructive patterns.
Key Teachings
- •Tamasic steadiness clings to sleep, fear, grief, despondency, and arrogance
- •This is the obstinacy of delusion rather than the strength of wisdom
- •Persistence in harmful and degrading patterns is the darkest form of dhriti
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