Shloka 6

तमोगुण-निरूपण

Analysis of Tamas and its Marks

Devanagari script

तमसो मिथुन सत्त्वं सत्त्वस्य मिथुनं रज: । रजसश्षापि सत्त्वं स्यात्‌ सत्त्वस्य मिथुनं तम:,तमोगुणका प्रतिद्वन्द्दी है सत््वगुण और सत्त्व-गुणका प्रतिद्वन्द्धी रजोगुण है। इसी प्रकार रजोगुणका प्रतिद्वन्द्दी सत््वगुण है और सत्त्वगुणका प्रतिद्वन्द्ी तमोगुण है

Translation

The counterpart of tamas is sattva, and the counterpart of sattva is rajas. Likewise, rajas finds its counterpart in sattva, and sattva finds its counterpart in tamas.

Word by Word

तमसःof tamas (darkness/ignorance; tamas-guṇa)

मिथुनम्pair; counterpart; opposite

सत्त्वम्sattva (purity; sattva-guṇa)

सत्त्वस्यof sattva

मिथुनम्pair; counterpart; opposite

रजःrajas (activity/passion; rajo-guṇa)

रजसःof rajas

अपिalso; even

सत्त्वम्sattva

स्यात्would be; is (as a statement of relation)

सत्त्वस्यof sattva

मिथुनम्pair; counterpart; opposite

तमःtamas

Speaker

वायुदेव उवाच

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Sandhi Notes