Shloka 25
तमोगुण-निरूपण
Analysis of Tamas and its Marks
मग्नास्तमसि दुर्वत्ता: स्वकर्मकृतलक्षणा: । अवाक्स्रोतस इत्येते मग्नासतमसि तामसा:
magnās tamasi durvṛttāḥ svakarmakṛtalakṣaṇāḥ | avāksrotasa ity ete magnās tamasi tāmasāḥ ||
Vāyu dit : «Ces êtres, à la conduite corrompue, portent les marques façonnées par leurs propres actes. Enfoncés dans les ténèbres, on les appelle “ceux dont le courant s’écoule vers le bas” (arvāk-srotas) ; de nature tāmasa, ils demeurent immergés dans cette obscurité.»
वायुदेव उवाच
Educational Q&A
One’s moral condition and destiny are shaped by one’s own actions: corrupt conduct leads to tamasic darkness, described as a downward-flowing tendency (avāksrotas), signifying spiritual decline and bondage to ignorance.
Vāyudeva characterizes certain beings/people as sunk in tamas due to their own misdeeds, labeling them ‘avāksrotasaḥ’—those whose inner current moves downward—thereby explaining their degraded state in ethical and karmic terms.