Shloka 36
तमोगुण-निरूपण
Analysis of Tamas and its Marks
तमोगुणा बहुविधा: प्रकीर्तिता यथावदुक्त च तम: परावरम् | नरो हि यो वेद गुणानिमान् सदा स तामसै: सर्वगुणै: प्रमुच्यते
tamoguṇā bahuvidhāḥ prakīrtitā yathāvad uktaṃ ca tamaḥ parāvaram | naro hi yo veda guṇān imān sadā sa tāmasaiḥ sarvaguṇaiḥ pramucyate ||
«Les multiples formes de la qualité des ténèbres (tamas) ont été exposées, et les conséquences, hautes et basses, du tamas ont été décrites telles qu’elles sont. Car celui qui comprend clairement ces qualités demeure à jamais délivré de tous les traits tamasiques.»
वायुदेव उवाच
Educational Q&A
Clear knowledge of tamas—its forms and its higher/lower consequences—helps one disengage from tamasic tendencies; understanding becomes a means of freedom from inertia, delusion, and moral darkness.
Vāyudeva concludes an instructional passage in the Anugītā context, summarizing that tamas and its results have been properly explained, and asserting that the knower of these guṇas is not bound by tamasic qualities.