Chapter 18 · Liberation through Renunciation · Krishna said

Bhagavad Gita 18.28 — Tamasic doer

अयुक्तः प्राकृतः स्तब्धः शठो नैष्कृतिकोऽलसः। विषादी दीर्घसूत्री च कर्ता तामस उच्यते ॥

ayuktaḥ prākṛtaḥ stabdhaḥ śaṭho naiṣkṛtiko'lasaḥ | viṣādī dīrghasūtrī ca kartā tāmasa ucyate ||

Meaning

A doer who is undisciplined, crude, stubborn, deceitful, spiteful, lazy, gloomy and always putting things off is called tamasic.

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