Shloka 34
तमोगुण-निरूपण
Analysis of Tamas and its Marks
Devanagari script
वर्णतो गुणतश्चैव योनितश्वैव तत्त्वतः । सर्वमेतत्तमो विप्रा: कीर्तितं वो यथाविधि,विप्रवरो! वर्ण, गुण, योनि और तत्त्वके अनुसार मैंने आपसे तमोगुणका पूरा-पूरा यथावत् वर्णन किया
Transliteration
varṇato guṇataś caiva yonitaś caiva tattvataḥ | sarvam etat tamo viprāḥ kīrtitaṃ vo yathāvidhi ||
Translation
Vāyu-deva said: “O brāhmaṇas, I have now set forth for you—duly and in proper order—the full account of tamas, classified by social designation (varṇa), by qualities (guṇa), by birth or source (yoni), and by its underlying reality (tattva).”
Word by Word
वर्णतःby/with respect to class (varna)
वर्णतः:
Karana
TypeNoun
Rootवर्ण
FormMasculine, Ablative, Singular
गुणतःby/with respect to qualities (gunas)
गुणतः:
Karana
TypeNoun
Rootगुण
FormMasculine, Ablative, Singular
चand
च:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच
एवindeed/just
एव:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootएव
योनितःby/with respect to origin/womb (yoni)
योनितः:
Karana
TypeNoun
Rootयोनि
FormFeminine, Ablative, Singular
चand
च:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच
एवindeed/just
एव:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootएव
तत्त्वतःin essence/truly; by the principle (tattva)
तत्त्वतः:
Karana
TypeNoun
Rootतत्त्व
FormNeuter, Ablative, Singular
सर्वम्all (of this)
सर्वम्:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootसर्व
FormNeuter, Nominative, Singular
एतत्this
एतत्:
Karma
TypePronoun
Rootएतद्
FormNeuter, Nominative, Singular
तमःtamas; darkness/ignorance
तमः:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootतमस्
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular
विप्राःO brahmins
विप्राः:
TypeNoun
Rootविप्र
FormMasculine, Vocative, Plural
कीर्तितम्has been described/proclaimed
कीर्तितम्:
TypeVerb
Rootकीर्तित
FormNeuter, Nominative, Singular, Passive (PPP)
वःto you (all)
वः:
Sampradana
TypePronoun
Rootयुष्मद्
FormDative, Plural
यथाas/according as
यथा:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootयथा
विधिrule/prescribed manner
विधि:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootविधि
FormMasculine, Accusative, Singular
Speaker
वायुदेव उवाच
Characters & Entities
V
VayudevaV
viprāḥ (brāhmaṇas)Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)
Sandhi Notes