Shloka 15
तमोगुण-निरूपण
Analysis of Tamas and its Marks
अनार्जवमसंज्ञत्वं कर्म पापमचेतना । गुरुत्वं सन्नभावत्वमवशित्वमवाग्गति:
anārjavam asaṃjñatvaṃ karma pāpam acetanā | gurutvaṃ sannabhāvatvam avaśitvam avāggatiḥ ||
قال فايُو: «الاعوجاج، وغياب الوعي، والعمل الآثم الناشئ عن البلادة، وثِقَلُ الروح، وحالُ التعلّق بما يُتوهَّم أنه “وجودٌ حقيقي” فيصير قيدًا، والعجزُ واللا‑حيلة، والمسارُ الهابط—هذه علاماتُ الانحطاط الأخلاقي التي تجرّ الكائن بعيدًا عن السبيل النبيل».
वायुदेव उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse lists inner and behavioral traits—dishonesty, heedlessness, sinful action, dullness, inertia, helplessness, and a downward trajectory—as interconnected causes and symptoms of ethical and spiritual degeneration. It warns that when awareness and self-mastery weaken, actions become pāpa and the person’s course tends toward decline.
Vāyudeva is speaking in a didactic mode, enumerating qualities that characterize a fall from noble (ārya) conduct. Rather than describing an external event, the passage functions as moral instruction within the Ashvamedhika Parva’s broader reflective discourse.