Shloka 25

तमोगुण-निरूपण

Analysis of Tamas and its Marks

Devanagari script

मग्नास्तमसि दुर्वत्ता: स्वकर्मकृतलक्षणा: । अवाक्स्रोतस इत्येते मग्नासतमसि तामसा:

Transliteration

magnās tamasi durvṛttāḥ svakarmakṛtalakṣaṇāḥ | avāksrotasa ity ete magnās tamasi tāmasāḥ ||

Translation

Vāyu said: “These people, of corrupt conduct, bear the marks fashioned by their own deeds. Sunk in darkness, they are called ‘those whose current flows downward’ (arvāk-srotas); tamasic by nature, they remain immersed in that gloom.”

Word by Word

मग्नाःsunk, immersed

तमसिin darkness

दुर्वत्ताःof bad conduct, wicked

स्वकर्मकृतलक्षणाःmarked by deeds done by themselves

अवाक्स्रोतसःhaving a downward current/flow

इतिthus

एतेthese

मग्नाःsunk, immersed

तमसिin darkness

तामसाःtamasic, belonging to darkness

Speaker

वायुदेव उवाच

Characters & Entities

व

वायुदेव (Vāyudeva)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Sandhi Notes