Shloka 16

Devanagari script

सर्व एते गुणा वृत्तास्तामसा: सम्प्रकीर्तिता: । ये चान्ये विहिता भावा लोके5स्मिन्‌ भावसंज्ञिता:

Transliteration

sarva ete guṇā vṛttās tāmasāḥ samprakīrtitāḥ | ye cānye vihitā bhāvā loke 'smin bhāvasaṃjñitāḥ ||

Translation

ವಾಯು ಹೇಳಿದರು—ಇಲ್ಲಿ ವರ್ಣಿಸಲ್ಪಟ್ಟ ಈ ಎಲ್ಲಾ ಗುಣಗಳೂ ವೃತ್ತಿಗಳೂ ತಾಮಸವೆಂದು ಘೋಷಿಸಲ್ಪಟ್ಟಿವೆ. ಹಾಗೆಯೇ ಈ ಲೋಕದಲ್ಲಿ ‘ಭಾವ’ ಅಥವಾ ‘ವೃತ್ತಿ’ ಎಂದು ಗುರುತಿಸಲ್ಪಡುವ ಇತರ ಮನಸ್ಥಿತಿಗಳೂ ಆಚರಣಾವಿಧಾನಗಳೂ ಇದೇ ವರ್ಗದಲ್ಲೇ ತಿಳಿಯಬೇಕಾಗಿವೆ.

Word by Word

सर्वेall

एतेthese

गुणाःqualities

वृत्ताःoccurred; existing; present

तामसाःtamasic; of darkness/ignorance

सम्प्रकीर्तिताःare declared; are proclaimed

येwhich; those who/that

चand

अन्येother

विहिताःprescribed; laid down; ordained

भावाःstates; dispositions; entities

लोकेin the world

अस्मिन्in this

भावसंज्ञिताःcalled/known as 'bhāvas' (states)

Speaker

वायुदेव उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vāyu (Vāyudeva)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse frames a moral-psychological classification: the traits under discussion are identified as tāmasic—arising from tamas (inertia, confusion, heedlessness). It also broadens the scope by saying that other worldly ‘states’ (bhāvas) recognized or prescribed can be understood through such guṇa-based categories, encouraging discernment about the quality behind one’s conduct.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vāyu (the Wind-god) is speaking in a didactic passage, explaining how certain behaviors and mental states should be categorized. He concludes that the described qualities fall under tamas and indicates that other recognized dispositions in the world likewise fit into this framework of classification.