Shloka 13
Rajo-guṇa-nirdeśa — Brahmā’s Enumeration of Rajasic Dispositions
दम्भो दर्पो5थ रागश्न भक्ति: प्रीति: प्रमोदनम् । द्यूतं च जनवादश्न सम्बन्धा: स्त्रीकृताश्न ये
vāyudeva uvāca | dambho darpo 'tha rāgaś ca bhaktiḥ prītiḥ pramodanam | dyūtaṃ ca janavādaś ca sambandhāḥ strīkṛtāś ca ye, vipragaṇa |
Vāyudeva dijo: «La hipocresía, la arrogancia y la pasión; la devoción movida por el deseo, el apego a los objetos de los sentidos y el deleite indulgente; el juego; las palabras pendencieras entre la gente; y el cultivar relaciones por causa de las mujeres—oh asamblea de brāhmaṇas—todo ello se cuenta entre las cualidades del rajas».
वायुदेव उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse classifies certain behaviors and mental tendencies—hypocrisy, pride, passion, pleasure-seeking, gambling, contentious speech, and woman-centered entanglements—as expressions of rajas, the agitating quality that fuels desire, restlessness, and ethically compromising conduct.
Vāyudeva is instructing a gathering of brāhmaṇas by enumerating traits that characterize the rajasic disposition, as part of a broader teaching that distinguishes dispositions (guṇas) and their moral-spiritual consequences.