Shloka 32
तमोगुण-निरूपण
Analysis of Tamas and its Marks
अभिष्वड्डस्तु कामेषु महामोह इति स्मृत: । ऋषयो मुनयो देवा मुहान्त्यत्र सुखेप्सव:,यह जो भोगोंमें आसक्त हो जाना है, यही महामोह बताया गया है। इस मोहमें पड़कर भोगोंका सुख चाहनेवाले ऋषि, मुनि और देवगण भी मोहित हो जाते हैं (फिर साधारण मनुष्योंकी तो बात ही क्या है?)
abhiṣvaḍḍas tu kāmeṣu mahāmoha iti smṛtaḥ | ṛṣayo munayo devā muhānty atra sukhepsavaḥ ||
Attachment and clinging to sense-pleasures is remembered as “great delusion” (mahāmoha). Under its sway, even seers, sages, and the gods—when they seek the sweetness of enjoyment—can become bewildered; how much more, then, ordinary human beings.
वायुदेव उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse defines “mahāmoha” as intense attachment to sense-pleasures and warns that the desire for enjoyment can bewilder even exalted beings; therefore vigilance and self-mastery are essential for dharmic living.
Vāyudeva is instructing the listener by characterizing a specific spiritual danger—attachment to pleasures—and emphasizing its power by noting that even ṛṣis, munis, and devas can be deluded when they pursue pleasure.