SB 11.25.18
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
Please note: The synonyms, translation and purport of this verse were composed by disciples of Śrīla Prabhupāda
TEXT 18
- sīdac cittaṁ vilīyeta
- cetaso grahaṇe 'kṣamam
- mano naṣṭaṁ tamo glānis
- tamas tad upadhāraya
SYNONYMS
sīdat — failing; cittam — the higher faculties of consciousness; vilīyeta — become dissolved; cetasaḥ — awareness; grahaṇe — in controlling; akṣamam — incapable; manaḥ — the mind; naṣṭam — ruined; tamaḥ — ignorance; glāniḥ — depression; tamaḥ — the mode of ignorance; tat — that; upadhāraya — you should understand.
Translation and purport composed by disciples of Śrīla Prabhupāda
TRANSLATION
When one's higher awareness fails and finally disappears and one is thus unable to concentrate his attention, his mind is ruined and manifests ignorance and depression. You should understand this situation to be the predominance of the mode of ignorance.