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Shloka 14

Jājali’s Austerities and the Summons to Tulādhāra (जाजलि–तुलाधार-इतिहासः)

तत्रैनं विधृतं शून्यं रज: पर्यवतिष्ठते । तनमन: कुरुते सख्यं रजसा सह सड्भतम्‌ | त॑ं चादाय जन॑ पौरं रजसे सम्प्रयच्छति

tatrainaṁ vidhṛtaṁ śūnyaṁ rajaḥ paryavatiṣṭhate | tan manaḥ kurute sakhyaṁ rajasā saha saṅgatam || taṁ cādāya janaṁ pauraṁ rajase samprayacchati ||

Là, lorsque le mental—bien qu’il soit soutenu par la force du Soi—demeure vide de discernement, la qualité de la passion, rajas, l’enveloppe et s’en empare. Pris au piège du désir né de rajas, ce mental conclut alors une alliance avec la passion elle-même. Ensuite, le mental, entraînant avec lui les « citoyens de la cité »—les sens—les remet à rajas, comme un ministre félon livrerait un royaume et son peuple aux mains de l’ennemi. L’avertissement moral est limpide : quand le discernement fait défaut, le désir s’empare du mental, et les sens deviennent les instruments de la passion plutôt que les serviteurs du dharma.

तत्रthere, in that context
तत्र:
Adhikarana
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतत्र
एनम्him/it (this)
एनम्:
Karma
TypePronoun
Rootइदम्
FormMasculine, Accusative, Singular
विधृतम्held, supported, restrained
विधृतम्:
Karma
TypeVerb
Rootवि-धृ
Formक्त (past passive participle), Masculine, Accusative, Singular
शून्यम्empty, void (of discernment)
शून्यम्:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootशून्य
FormMasculine, Accusative, Singular
रजःrajas (the quality of passion/activity)
रजः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootरजस्
FormNeuter, Nominative, Singular
पर्यवतिष्ठतेsurrounds/stands around, encompasses
पर्यवतिष्ठते:
TypeVerb
Rootपरि-अव-स्था
FormPresent (Lat), Third, Singular, Atmanepada
तत्that
तत्:
Karma
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular
मनःmind
मनः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootमनस्
FormNeuter, Nominative, Singular
कुरुतेmakes, forms, establishes
कुरुते:
TypeVerb
Rootकृ
FormPresent (Lat), Third, Singular, Atmanepada
सख्यम्friendship
सख्यम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootसख्य
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular
रजसाwith/through rajas
रजसा:
Karana
TypeNoun
Rootरजस्
FormNeuter, Instrumental, Singular
सहtogether with
सह:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootसह
सङ्गतम्association, union, attachment
सङ्गतम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootसम्-गम्
Formक्त (PPP used substantively), Neuter, Accusative, Singular
तम्that (him/it)
तम्:
Karma
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
FormMasculine, Accusative, Singular
and
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
आदायhaving taken
आदाय:
TypeVerb
Rootआ-दा
Formल्यप् (absolutive/gerund), Parasmaipada usage
जनम्people, populace
जनम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootजन
FormMasculine, Accusative, Singular
पौरम्of the city; citizens (as a body)
पौरम्:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootपौर
FormMasculine, Accusative, Singular
रजसेto/for rajas
रजसे:
Sampradana
TypeNoun
Rootरजस्
FormNeuter, Dative, Singular
सम्प्रयच्छतिhands over, delivers, surrenders
सम्प्रयच्छति:
TypeVerb
Rootसम्-प्र-यम्
FormPresent (Lat), Third, Singular, Parasmaipada

व्यास उवाच

V
Vyasa (speaker)
M
manas (mind)
R
rajas (guṇa of passion)
P
paura-jana (city-citizens: the senses/indriyas, metaphorical)

Educational Q&A

When the mind lacks discernment (viveka), rajas-driven desire surrounds it; the mind then allies with passion and effectively hands the senses over to desire. Ethical life requires guarding discrimination so the senses remain governed by dharma rather than by craving.

Vyāsa describes an inner psychological sequence: rajas encircles an undiscerning mind; the mind becomes friendly with rajas; then the mind delivers the ‘city’s citizens’—the senses—into rajas’ control, like a traitorous minister surrendering a kingdom to an enemy.