Shloka 3
तमोगुण-निरूपण
Analysis of Tamas and its Marks
त्रीणि स्रोतांसि यान्यस्मिन्नाप्यायन्ते पुन: पुनः । प्रनाड्यस्तिस्र एवैता: प्रवर्तन्ते गुणात्मिका:,इसमें जो तीन स्रोत (चित्तरूपी नदीके प्रवाह) हैं, वे उन तीन गुणमयी नाडियोंके द्वारा बार-बार भरे जाते एवं प्रवाहित होते हैं
trīṇi srotāṃsi yāny asminn āpyāyante punaḥ punaḥ | praṇāḍyas tisra evaitāḥ pravartante guṇātmikāḥ ||
Vāyu-deva said: “Within this (inner being), there are three streams that are replenished again and again. These very three channels—formed of the three guṇas—set those streams in motion and keep them flowing.”
वायुदेव उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse links inner experience to the three guṇas: the mind’s recurring currents are repeatedly ‘fed’ and propelled by three guṇa-constituted channels. Ethically, it implies that mastering conduct requires understanding how sattva, rajas, and tamas continually condition one’s mental flow.
Vāyu-deva is explaining an inner, yogic-psychological model: within the person there are three ongoing ‘streams’ (currents of mind/being), and three guṇa-based nāḍīs (channels) repeatedly replenish and drive these currents.