Procastrination XVIII : 28; dirghasutri, दीर्घसूत्री

Even procastrination is "Tamasic"

अयुक्तः प्राकृतः स्तब्धः शठो नैष्कृतिकोऽलसः।

विषादी दीर्घसूत्री च कर्ता तामस उच्यते।।18.28।।

ayuktaḥ prākṛtaḥ stabdhaḥ śaṭhō naiṣkṛtikō.lasaḥ.

viṣādī dīrghasūtrī ca kartā tāmasa ucyatē..18.28..

English translation by Swami Sivananda

18.28 Unsteady, vulgar, unbending, cheating, malicious, lazy, desponding and procrastinating -- such an agent is called Tamasic.

English translation by Swami Gambhirananda (on Sri Sankaracharya's Sanskrit Commentary)
18.28 The agent who is
ayuktah,अयुक्तः unsteady;
prakrtah,प्राकृतः naive, of very unrefined intelligence, like a child;
stabdhah,स्तब्धः unbending like a staff-he does not bend down to anyone;
sathah,शठ: deceitful, cunning, hiding his own powers;
naiskrtikah,नैष्कृत: wicked, given to destroying the livelihood of others;
alasah, अलसः lazy, not inclined even to his own duties;
visadi, विषादी morose, ever in a mood of dejection; and
dirghasutri, दीर्घसूत्री procrastinating, postponing duties for long, Ast. adds here, 'sarvada mandasvabhavah, always slow by nature'.-Tr. not accomplishing even in a month what is to be done today or tomorrow;-one who is such, he ucyate, is said to be;  
tamasah,तामस: possessed of tamas. 

The "Shakti" or power of Gita

The "Shakti" or power of Gita is can be condensed in this one shloka:

सर्वधर्मान्परित्यज्य मामेकं शरणं व्रज।
अहं त्वा सर्वपापेभ्यो मोक्षयिष्यामि मा शुचः।।18.66।।

 

sarvadharmānparityajya māmēkaṅ śaraṇaṅ vraja.

ahaṅ tvā sarvapāpēbhyō mōkṣayiṣyāmi mā śucaḥ..18.66..

Hindi translation by Swami Ram Sukhdas

सम्पूर्ण धर्मोंका आश्रय छोड़कर तू केवल मेरी शरणमें आ जा। मैं तुझे सम्पूर्ण पापोंसे मुक्त कर दूँगा, चिन्ता मत कर ।।18.66।।

The critical issue is the interpretation of the  word "सर्वधर्मान्परित्यज्य" (sarvadharmānparityajya)-In short Shri Krishna is asking Arjuna to leave it to him whether what he is going to do will be dharma or adharma and if he is doing the dharma or adharma- leave all the attributions to God and just do what you have to do in this scenario.

English translation by Dr. S Sankaranarayan (on Sri Abhinavagupta's Sanskrit Commentary)
18.66 Sarvadharman etc. Abandoning all attributes : This act of slaying the kinsmen and the like that arises incidentally while fighting a war - not owning those acts as your own attribute by your thought 'I am the doer of all these'; also giving up by mind, the notion 'If the act of slaying the teacher etc., is avoided, merit will accrue to me'. come to Me: Come to Me alone, the Agent-of-all-actions, the Supreme Lord, the Sovereign. As your Refuge : as the Guardian of all your natural impulses. On that account I, the Omniscient, shall rescue you from all the sins. Don't be sorrowful : Don't get perplexed 'What to be done'.

The "bIja" of Gita

The "bIja (बीज ) " of Gita is said to be the Shloka: Chapter 2 verse 11:

श्री भगवानुवाच
अशोच्यानन्वशोचस्त्वं प्रज्ञावादांश्च भाषसे।
गतासूनगतासूंश्च नानुशोचन्ति पण्डिताः।।2.11।।

aśōcyānanvaśōcastvaṅ prajñāvādāṅśca bhāṣasē.
gatāsūnagatāsūṅśca nānuśōcanti paṇḍitāḥ..2.11.. 

 
English translation by Swami Gambhirananda
2.11 The Blessed Lord said -- You grieve for whose who are not to be grieved for; and you speak words of wisdom! The learned do not grieve for the departed and those who have not departed. 

English commentary by Swami Sivananda
2.11 अशोच्यान् those who should not be grieved for, 

अन्वशोचः hast grieved, 

त्वम् thou, 

प्रज्ञावादान् words of wisdom, 

च and, 

भाषसे speakest, 

गतासून् the dead, 

अगतासून् the living,

च and, 

न अनुशोचन्ति grieve not, 

पण्डिताः the wise.

Commentary -- The philosophy of the Gita begins from this verse....

The Adyar Press has the KashmIr reading as well--"प्राज्ञवन्नाभिभाषते " meaning "not speaking like an intelligent man" .

Dambha,Darpa and Abhimaan

दम्भो दर्पोऽभिमानश्च क्रोधः पारुष्यमेव च।

अज्ञानं चाभिजातस्य पार्थ सम्पदमासुरीम्।।16.4।।

dambhō darpō.bhimānaśca krōdhaḥ pāruṣyamēva ca.

ajñānaṅ cābhijātasya pārtha sampadamāsurīm..16.4..
  
English translation by Swami Sivananda
16.4 Hypocrisy, arrogance and self-conceit, anger and also harshness and ignorance, belong to one who is born for a demoniacal state, O Partha (Arjuna).

 Hindi translation by Swami Ram Sukhdas

हे पृथानन्दन! दम्भ करना, घमण्ड करना, अभिमान करना, क्रोध करना, कठोरता रखना और अविवेकका होना भी -- ये सभी आसुरी-सम्पदाको प्राप्त हुए मनुष्यके लक्षण हैं ।।16.4।।

दम्भः hypocrisy, 

दर्पः arrogance, 

अभिमानः self-conceit,

I like Swami Ramsukhdas ji's explanation:

दम्भः -- मान, बड़ाई, पूजा, ख्याति आदि प्राप्त करनेके लिये, अपनी वैसी स्थिति न होनेपर भी वैसी स्थिति दिखानेका नाम 'दम्भ' है।

दम्भ दो प्रकारसे होता है -- (1) सद्गुण-सदाचारोंको लेकर (2) दुर्गुण-दुराचारोंको लेकर

दर्पः -- घमण्डका नाम 'दर्प' है। धन-वैभव, जमीन-जायदाद, मकान-परिवार आदि ममतावाली चीजोंको लेकर अपनेमें जो बड़प्पनका अनुभव होता है, वह 'दर्प' है। 

अभिमानः -- अहंतावाली चीज़ो को लेकर अर्थात् स्थूल, सूक्ष्म और कारण-शरीरको लेकर अपनेमें जो बड़प्पनका अनुभव होता है, उसका नाम 'अभिमान' है |

About "Krodha" , "Kopa" and "Kshobha" ..later

What does Tapas mean in this shloka ?

यत्करोषि यदश्नासि यज्जुहोषि ददासि यत्।
यत्तपस्यसि कौन्तेय तत्कुरुष्व मदर्पणम्।।9.27।।

yatkarōṣi yadaśnāsi yajjuhōṣi dadāsi yat.

yattapasyasi kauntēya tatkuruṣva madarpaṇam..9.27..

Dedicating "Tapas" to Shri Krishna is generally translated as your "Tapasya" being offered but Easwaran translates this as "your Sins" i.e offer everything to me good or bad; good deeds or even your sins !! .