Shloka 15
Rajo-guṇa-nirdeśa — Brahmā’s Enumeration of Rajasic Dispositions
भूतभव्यभविष्याणां भावानां भुवि भावना: । त्रिवर्गनिरता नित्यं धर्मोडर्थ: काम इत्यपि
bhūtabhavyabhaviṣyāṇāṁ bhāvānāṁ bhuvi bhāvanāḥ | trivarganiratā nityaṁ dharmo 'rthaḥ kāma ity api ||
قال فايُو: «إنّ الذين على هذه الأرض يشغلون أذهانهم بأحوال الماضي والحاضر والمستقبل، ويلازمون على الدوام المقاصد الثلاثة—الدهرما (dharma)، والثروة (artha)، واللذّة (kāma)—تسوقهم حسابات الدنيا. وقد غشّاهم خُلُقُ الرَّجَس (rajas)، فيُوصَفون بأنهم “arvāk-srotas”: إذ يجري تيّار وعيهم إلى أسفل، نحو موضوعات الحواس.»
वायुदेव उवाच
Educational Q&A
Preoccupation with worldly time-bound concerns and constant pursuit of dharma-artha-kāma, when driven by craving and self-will, indicates rajas-dominance; such a mind flows outward/downward toward sense-objects rather than upward toward inner clarity.
Vāyudeva is characterizing a class of people by their mental orientation: they continually deliberate on past-present-future matters and remain absorbed in the three worldly aims; the passage (with the accompanying gloss) identifies them as rajas-covered and labels them ‘arvāk-srotas’.