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Bhagavad-ਯੁੱਖ  As Jt ls
[Ch. 18]
others and prepared to do anything wrong for sense gratification. Therefore such a person is unclean, and he does not care whether his earning is pure or impure. He is very happy if his work is successful and very much distressed when his work is not successful. Such is a man in the mode of passion.
TEXT 28
अयुक्तः प्राकृतः स्तब्धः शठो नैष्कृतिकोऽलसः । विषादी दीर्घमन्त्री च कर्ता तामस उच्यते ॥२८॥
ayuktaḥ prākṛtaḥ stabdhaḥ śaṭho naiṣkṛtiko 'lasaḥ viṣādī dīrgha-sūtrī ca kartā tāmasa ucyate
ayuktaḥ —without reference to the scriptural injunctions;  prākṛtaḥ —materialistic;  stabdhaḥ —obstinate;  ṣaṭhaḥ —deceitful;  naiṣkṛtikaḥ —expert in insulting others;  alasaḥ —lazy;  viṣādī —morose;  dīrgha-sūtrī —procrastinating;  ca —also;  kartā —worker;  tāmasaḥ —in the mode of ignorance;  ucyate —is said to be.
TRANSLATION
And that worker who is always engaged in work against the injunction of the scripture, who is materialistic, obstinate, cheating and expert in insulting others, who is lazy, always morose and procrastinating, is a worker in the mode of ignorance.
PURPORT
In the scriptural injunctions we find what sort of work should be performed and what sort of work should not be performed. Those who do not care for those injunctions engage in work not to be done, and such persons are generally materialistic. They work according to the modes of nature, not according to the injunctions of the scripture. Such workers are not very gentle, and generally they are always cunning and expert in insulting others. They are very lazy; even though they have some duty, they do not do it properly, and they put it aside to be done later on. Therefore