Varaha Purana 187.84: Adhyaya 187, Shloka 84
Determination of the Origin and Procedure of the Ancestral Offering
Pitṛyajña/Śrāddha
प्रबलो वाचि युक्तश्चाचलबुद्धिः सदायतः ॥ शूरः सर्वेषु व्यक्तात्मा विज्ञेया राजसा नराः ॥
prabalo vāci yuktaś cācala-buddhiḥ sadāyataḥ | śūraḥ sarveṣu vyaktātmā vijñeyā rājasā narāḥ ||
राजस वाले लोग ताकतवाले होते हैं, बोलने में सिद्ध होते हैं। लेकिन उनका दिमाग शांत नहीं रहता, हमेशा बाहर भागता है। वो बहादुर होते हैं, खुले दिल से जीते हैं। ऐसे लोग राजस गुण वाले होते हैं।
Varāha (default, instructor voice)
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It exemplifies the Purāṇic habit of mapping social/psychological behaviors onto the guṇa triad, a schema used for ethical classification and self-regulation.
No geographic reference appears in this verse.
Rajas is associated with outward drive and assertiveness; the verse implicitly invites discernment about restlessness and self-display as ethical tendencies.
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