Shloka 19
Adhyaya 47 — Brahma’s Awakening and the Ninefold Scheme of Creation
यस्मात्तिर्यक्प्रवृत्तिः सा तिर्यक्स्रोतस्ततः स्मृतः ।
पश्वादयस्ते विख्यातास्तमः प्रायो ह्यवेदिनः ॥
yasmāt tiryakpravṛttiḥ sā tiryakstrotas tataḥ smṛtaḥ /
paśvādayas te vikhyātās tamaḥ prāyo hy avedinaḥ ||
Weil ihr Wirken seitwärts verläuft (nicht aufwärts zum Unterscheidungsvermögen), heißen sie daher ‘tiryak-srotas’. Man kennt sie als Tiere und dergleichen, meist von tamas beherrscht und ohne Einsicht.
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FAQs
Ethically, the verse supports the idea that moral responsibility and dharmic choice correlate with degrees of discernment (viveka). It also frames compassion: beings with tamas-dominance are not ‘wicked’ but limited in cognition.
Sarga: description of a created class (animals) and its guṇa-profile.
‘Sideways’ indicates consciousness absorbed in sensory immediacy and survival loops—movement across phenomena rather than ascent into clarity.