Shloka 7
कālacakra-वर्णनम् तथा āśrama-धarma-निरूपणम्
The Wheel of Time and the Norms of the Āśramas
क्रियाकारणसंयुक्तं रागविस्तारमायतम् । लोभेप्सापरिविक्षोभ॑ विचित्राज्ञानसम्भवम्
kriyākāraṇasaṃyuktaṃ rāgavistāram āyatam | lobhepsāparivikṣobhaṃ vicitrājñānasambhavam ||
वायु-देव ने कहा—यह क्रिया और कारण से संयुक्त है; राग के द्वारा फैलता और दीर्घ होता जाता है। लोभ और तृष्णा से यह व्याकुल रहता है, और विचित्र, अनेक रूपों वाले अज्ञान से इसकी उत्पत्ति होती है।
वायुदेव उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse diagnoses the inner mechanism of moral downfall: actions become entangled with their motives, attachment proliferates, and greed-driven craving agitates the mind; the root is ignorance, so ethical clarity requires discernment and restraint.
Vāyu-deva is speaking in a didactic mode, characterizing a harmful mental force (such as desire/attachment) by listing its causes and effects—how it expands, disturbs, and ultimately springs from ignorance—so the listener can recognize and counter it.