Adhyaya 47 — Brahma’s Awakening and the Ninefold Scheme of Creation
अबुद्धिपूर्वकस्तस्मात् प्रादुर्भूतस्तमोमयः ।
तमो मोहो महामोहस्तामिस्त्रो ह्यन्धसंज्ञितः ॥
abuddhipūrvakas tasmāt prādurbhūtas tamomayaḥ /
tamo moho mahāmohas tāmistro hy andhasaṃjñitaḥ
അവനിൽ നിന്ന് പ്രത്യേകമായ ഉദ്ദേശമില്ലാതെ തന്നെ അന്ധകാരമയമായ വികാരം ഉദ്ഭവിച്ചു—തമസ്, മോഹം, മഹാമോഹം, താമിസ്രം, കൂടാതെ അന്ധം (അന്ധത)।
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Bondage begins with ignorance and delusion; the teaching implicitly urges cultivation of discernment (viveka) to counter the tamasic cascade of moha and blindness.
Sarga: this is a psychological-cosmic stage describing the arising of ignorance principles that condition subsequent beings and their tendencies.
The five names indicate graded obscurations of consciousness—from inertia (tamas) to total blindness (andha)—mapping how awareness becomes progressively occluded in manifestation.