Varaha Purana 66.15: Adhyaya 66, Shloka 15
Nārada’s Journey to Śvetadvīpa and the Means of Attaining the Lord through the Pañcarātra
इतरे राजसैर्भावैस्तामसैश्च समावृताः । भविष्यन्ति द्विजश्रेष्ठ मच्छासनपराङ्मुखाः ॥ ६६.१५ ॥
itare rājasair bhāvais tāmasaiś ca samāvṛtāḥ | bhaviṣyanti dvijaśreṣṭha macchāsana-parāṅmukhāḥ || 66.15 ||
बाकी लोग जो रजस और तमस में फंसे हैं, वो मेरी बातों को सुनते नहीं। ब्राह्मणों में बड़े लोग हो, पर वो मेरा कहा हुआ छोड़ देते हैं। उनका मन ठीक नहीं लगता।
Varāha
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It reflects a common Purāṇic literary theme: diagnosing social and ethical decline through the framework of the three guṇas (sattva, rajas, tamas), used as a moral-psychological taxonomy in late classical Sanskrit discourse.
No geographic location is named in this verse fragment; the focus is ethical and psychological (guṇa-based) rather than topographical.
The verse cautions that individuals dominated by rajas and tamas become averse to disciplined instruction (śāsana), implying the value of receptivity to guidance and cultivation of clarity over agitation or inertia.
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