Shloka 14
Rajo-guṇa-nirdeśa — Brahmā’s Enumeration of Rajasic Dispositions
नृत्यवादित्रगीतानां प्रसज्रा ये च केचन । सर्व एते गुणा विप्रा राजसा: सम्प्रकीर्तिता:,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 | nṛtyavāditragītānāṃ prasaktā ye ca kecana | sarva ete guṇā viprā rājasāḥ samprakīrtitāḥ ||
Vāyudeva said: “O brāhmaṇas, those who become attached to dancing, instrumental music, and singing—and any others of that sort—are all proclaimed to be qualities of rajas.” In this ethical instruction, delight in entertainment and sensory stimulation is presented as a rājasa tendency that agitates the mind and pulls one away from steadiness and restraint.
वायुदेव उवाच
Educational Q&A
Attachment to entertainment and sensory excitement—such as dance, music, and song—is classified as rājasa, i.e., a passion-driven tendency that disturbs inner steadiness and encourages outward craving.
Vāyudeva addresses the brāhmaṇas and continues a didactic classification of human dispositions by the guṇas, here identifying indulgence in performative pleasures as rājasa.