Shloka 33
Adhyāya 314 — हिमवदाश्रमः, शक्तिक्षेपकथा, तथा स्वाध्यायविधिः
Himalayan Hermitage, the Myth of the Thrown Spear, and Rules of Vedic Study
तामसस्याधरमं स्थान प्राहुरध्यात्मचिन्तका: । अध्यात्म-शास्त्रका चिन्तन करनेवाले विद्वान् कहते हैं कि सात््विक पुरुषको उत्तम, रजोगुणीको मध्यम और तमोगुणीको अधम स्थानकी प्राप्ति होती है
tāmasasyādharamaṃ sthānaṃ prāhur adhyātma-cintakāḥ | adhyātma-śāstraka-cintana-karanevāle vidvān vadanti yat sāttvikaḥ puruṣaḥ uttamaṃ, rajoguṇī madhyamaṃ, tamoguṇī ca adhamaṃ sthānaṃ prāpnoti |
অধ্যাত্মচিন্তক পণ্ডিতেরা বলেন—সত্ত্বপ্রধান পুরুষ সর্বোচ্চ পদ লাভ করে, রজঃপ্রধান মধ্যম পদ পায়, আর তমঃপ্রধান অধম পদে পতিত হয়।
याज़्वल्क्य उवाच
Educational Q&A
One’s predominant guna shapes one’s spiritual and moral trajectory: sattva leads upward to the best state, rajas to an intermediate state, and tamas to the lowest. The teaching emphasizes inner cultivation—clarity and self-mastery—over external status.
In the Shanti Parva’s instructional setting, Yājñavalkya is presenting a doctrinal classification used by adhyātma thinkers: the three gunas correspond to graded destinations, reinforcing the broader discourse on right conduct, inner purification, and liberation-oriented living.