Shloka 13
Rajo-guṇa-nirdeśa — Brahmā’s Enumeration of Rajasic Dispositions
दम्भो दर्पो5थ रागश्न भक्ति: प्रीति: प्रमोदनम् । द्यूतं च जनवादश्न सम्बन्धा: स्त्रीकृताश्न ये,विप्रगण! द्रोह, माया, शठता, मान, चोरी, हिंसा, घृणा, परिताप, जागरण, दम्भ, दर्प, राग, सकाम भक्ति, विषय-प्रेम, प्रमोद, द्यूतक्रीड़ा, लोगोंके साथ विवाद करना, स्त्रियोंके लिये सम्बन्ध बढ़ाना, नाच-बाजे और गानमें आसक्त होना--से सब राजस गुण कहे गये हैं
vāyudeva uvāca | dambho darpo 'tha rāgaś ca bhaktiḥ prītiḥ pramodanam | dyūtaṃ ca janavādaś ca sambandhāḥ strīkṛtāś ca ye, vipragaṇa |
Vāyudeva said: “Hypocrisy, arrogance, and passion; devotion driven by desire, attachment to sense-objects, and self-indulgent delight; gambling; quarrelsome talk among people; and cultivating relationships for the sake of women—O assembly of brāhmaṇas—these are counted among the qualities of rajas.”
वायुदेव उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse classifies certain behaviors and mental tendencies—hypocrisy, pride, passion, pleasure-seeking, gambling, contentious speech, and woman-centered entanglements—as expressions of rajas, the agitating quality that fuels desire, restlessness, and ethically compromising conduct.
Vāyudeva is instructing a gathering of brāhmaṇas by enumerating traits that characterize the rajasic disposition, as part of a broader teaching that distinguishes dispositions (guṇas) and their moral-spiritual consequences.