Shloka 15
तमोगुण-निरूपण
Analysis of Tamas and its Marks
अनार्जवमसंज्ञत्वं कर्म पापमचेतना । गुरुत्वं सन्नभावत्वमवशित्वमवाग्गति:
anārjavam asaṃjñatvaṃ karma pāpam acetanā | gurutvaṃ sannabhāvatvam avaśitvam avāggatiḥ ||
ພະວາຍຸກ່າວວ່າ: «ຄວາມຄົດຄຽວ, ການຂາດສະຕິຮູ້ຕົນ, ກຳຊົ່ວທີ່ເກີດຈາກຄວາມມືດບອດ, ຄວາມໜັກໜ່ວງແຫ່ງຈິດ, ສະພາບທີ່ຍຶດວ່າ “ມີຢູ່ແທ້” ແລະຈຶ່ງກາຍເປັນເຄື່ອງຜູກມັດ, ຄວາມອ່ອນແອ/ຊ່ວຍຕົນບໍ່ໄດ້, ແລະທາງທີ່ຕົກຕ່ຳ—ນີ້ແມ່ນເຄື່ອງໝາຍແຫ່ງຄວາມເສື່ອມທາງຄຸນທຳ ທີ່ລາກສັດໃຫ້ຫ່າງຈາກທາງອັນສູງສົ່ງ».
वायुदेव उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse lists inner and behavioral traits—dishonesty, heedlessness, sinful action, dullness, inertia, helplessness, and a downward trajectory—as interconnected causes and symptoms of ethical and spiritual degeneration. It warns that when awareness and self-mastery weaken, actions become pāpa and the person’s course tends toward decline.
Vāyudeva is speaking in a didactic mode, enumerating qualities that characterize a fall from noble (ārya) conduct. Rather than describing an external event, the passage functions as moral instruction within the Ashvamedhika Parva’s broader reflective discourse.