Shloka 7
कālacakra-वर्णनम् तथा āśrama-धarma-निरूपणम्
The Wheel of Time and the Norms of the Āśramas
क्रियाकारणसंयुक्तं रागविस्तारमायतम् । लोभेप्सापरिविक्षोभ॑ विचित्राज्ञानसम्भवम्
kriyākāraṇasaṃyuktaṃ rāgavistāram āyatam | lobhepsāparivikṣobhaṃ vicitrājñānasambhavam ||
ವಾಯುದೇವರು ಹೇಳಿದರು—ಇದು ಕ್ರಿಯೆಯೂ ಅದರ ಕಾರಣಗಳೂ ಸೇರಿಕೊಂಡದ್ದು; ರಾಗದಿಂದ ವಿಸ್ತರಿಸಿ ದೀರ್ಘವಾಗುತ್ತದೆ. ಲೋಭ ಮತ್ತು ತೃಷ್ಣೆಯಿಂದ ಇದು ಅಶಾಂತವಾಗುತ್ತದೆ; ವಿಚಿತ್ರ, ಬಹುರೂಪ ಅಜ್ಞಾನದಿಂದ ಇದು ಉದ್ಭವಿಸುತ್ತದೆ.
वायुदेव उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse diagnoses the inner mechanism of moral downfall: actions become entangled with their motives, attachment proliferates, and greed-driven craving agitates the mind; the root is ignorance, so ethical clarity requires discernment and restraint.
Vāyu-deva is speaking in a didactic mode, characterizing a harmful mental force (such as desire/attachment) by listing its causes and effects—how it expands, disturbs, and ultimately springs from ignorance—so the listener can recognize and counter it.