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Shloka 22

Adhyāya 39 — त्रिगुणविवेकः (Discrimination of the Three Guṇas) and Avyakta-Doctrine

त्रयो गुणा: प्रवर्तन्ते हुव्यक्ता नित्यमेव तु । सत्त्वं रजस्तमश्नैव गुणसर्ग: सनातन:,सर्वत्र तीनों गुणोंकी ही सत्ता है। ये तीनों अव्यक्त और प्रवाहरूपसे नित्य भी हैं। सत्त्व, रज और तम--इन गुणोंकी सृष्टि सनातन है

trayo guṇāḥ pravartante hy avyaktā nityam eva tu | sattvaṁ rajas tamaś caiva guṇasargaḥ sanātanaḥ ||

ヴァーユは言った。「あらゆるところで三グナは働いている。未顕現でありながら、なお永遠に流れ続ける。サットヴァ(sattva)、ラジャス(rajas)、タマス(tamas)—このグナの生起と相互の交錯は、無始にして常住である。」

त्रयःthree
त्रयः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootत्रि
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural
गुणाःqualities (gunas)
गुणाः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootगुण
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural
प्रवर्तन्तेoperate / proceed / are active
प्रवर्तन्ते:
TypeVerb
Rootप्र√वृत्
FormPresent, Third, Plural, Atmanepada
अव्यक्ताःunmanifest
अव्यक्ताः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootअव्यक्त
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural
नित्यम्always / eternally
नित्यम्:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootनित्य
एवindeed / just
एव:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootएव
तुbut / however
तु:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतु
सत्त्वम्sattva (purity/clarity)
सत्त्वम्:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootसत्त्व
FormNeuter, Nominative, Singular
रजःrajas (activity/passion)
रजः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootरजस्
FormNeuter, Nominative, Singular
तमःtamas (inertia/darkness)
तमः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootतमस्
FormNeuter, Nominative, Singular
एवindeed / just
एव:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootएव
गुणसर्गःcreation/emanation of the gunas
गुणसर्गः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootगुणसर्ग
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
सनातनःeternal
सनातनः:
TypeAdjective
Rootसनातन
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular

वायुदेव उवाच

V
Vāyudeva
S
sattva
R
rajas
T
tamas
G
guṇas

Educational Q&A

All embodied experience and moral psychology are shaped by the three guṇas—sattva, rajas, and tamas—which, though subtle and often unseen, continuously operate and are beginningless. Ethical cultivation therefore involves recognizing their influence and moving from tamas/rajas toward sattva, and ultimately beyond guṇa-binding through discernment.

Vāyudeva is instructing the listener in a doctrinal passage, explaining the perpetual operation of the three guṇas as the underlying framework of worldly processes and inner dispositions, setting a philosophical basis for understanding conduct and transformation.