Shloka 32
तमोगुण-निरूपण
Analysis of Tamas and its Marks
अभिष्वड्डस्तु कामेषु महामोह इति स्मृत: । ऋषयो मुनयो देवा मुहान्त्यत्र सुखेप्सव:
abhiṣvaḍḍas tu kāmeṣu mahāmoha iti smṛtaḥ | ṛṣayo munayo devā muhānty atra sukhepsavaḥ ||
L’attachement et l’avidité pour les plaisirs des sens sont tenus pour la « grande illusion » (mahāmoha). Sous son empire, même les voyants, les sages et les dieux—lorsqu’ils recherchent la douceur de la jouissance—peuvent être égarés; à plus forte raison les hommes ordinaires.
वायुदेव उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse defines “mahāmoha” as intense attachment to sense-pleasures and warns that the desire for enjoyment can bewilder even exalted beings; therefore vigilance and self-mastery are essential for dharmic living.
Vāyudeva is instructing the listener by characterizing a specific spiritual danger—attachment to pleasures—and emphasizing its power by noting that even ṛṣis, munis, and devas can be deluded when they pursue pleasure.