Shloka 14
Rajo-guṇa-nirdeśa — Brahmā’s Enumeration of Rajasic Dispositions
नृत्यवादित्रगीतानां प्रसज्रा ये च केचन । सर्व एते गुणा विप्रा राजसा: सम्प्रकीर्तिता:
vāyudeva uvāca | nṛtyavāditragītānāṃ prasaktā ye ca kecana | sarva ete guṇā viprā rājasāḥ samprakīrtitāḥ ||
Vāyudeva dit : «Ô brāhmaṇas, ceux qui s’attachent à la danse, à la musique instrumentale et au chant — et à tout ce qui est de même nature — sont tous proclamés comme des qualités du rajas.»
वायुदेव उवाच
Educational Q&A
Attachment to entertainment and sensory excitement—such as dance, music, and song—is classified as rājasa, i.e., a passion-driven tendency that disturbs inner steadiness and encourages outward craving.
Vāyudeva addresses the brāhmaṇas and continues a didactic classification of human dispositions by the guṇas, here identifying indulgence in performative pleasures as rājasa.