Shloka 33
तमोगुण-निरूपण
Analysis of Tamas and its Marks
Devanagari script
तमो मोहो महामोहस्तामिस््र: क्रोधसंज्ञित: । मरणं त्वन्धतामिस्रस्तामिस्र: क्रोध उच्यते,तम (अविद्या), मोह (अस्मिता), महामोह (राग), क्रोध नामवाला तामिस््र और मृत्युरूप अन्धतामिस्र-यह पाँच प्रकारकी तामसी प्रकृति बतलायी गयी है। क्रोधको ही तामिस्र कहते हैं
Translation
Tamas (the darkness of ignorance), moha (bewilderment), mahāmoha (great delusion), tāmisra—known as wrath—and andhatāmisra—whose form is death: these are declared to be the five kinds of tamasic nature. And wrath itself is called tāmisra.
Word by Word
तमःdarkness; (here) tamas
तमः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootतमस्
FormNeuter, Nominative, Singular
मोहःdelusion
मोहः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootमोह
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
महामोहःgreat delusion
महामोहः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootमहामोह
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
तामिस्रःtāmisra (a kind of darkness/ignorance)
तामिस्रः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootतामिस्र
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
क्रोधसंज्ञितःcalled/known as ‘anger’
क्रोधसंज्ञितः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootक्रोध-संज्ञित
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
मरणम्death
मरणम्:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootमरण
FormNeuter, Nominative, Singular
तुbut/indeed
तु:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतु
अन्धतामिस्रःandhatāmisra (blinding darkness; a kind of ignorance)
अन्धतामिस्रः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootअन्धतामिस्र
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
तामिस्रःtāmisra
तामिस्रः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootतामिस्र
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
क्रोधःanger
क्रोधः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootक्रोध
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
उच्यतेis said/called
उच्यते:
TypeVerb
Rootवच्
FormPresent, Passive, Third, Singular
Speaker
वायुदेव उवाच
Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)
Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)
Philosophical Teaching
Political Layer
Cross References
Meter (Chandas)
Sandhi Notes