Shloka 34
अव्यक्त-गुण-पुरुषविवेकः | Avyakta, Guṇas, and Discrimination of Puruṣa
क्रियां कियापथे रक्तस्त्रिगुणां त्रिगुणाधिप: । क्रियां क्रियापथोपेतस्तथा तदिति मन्यते
kriyāṁ kriyāpathe raktaḥ triguṇāṁ triguṇādhipaḥ | kriyāṁ kriyāpathopetas tathā tad iti manyate ||
जेव्हा त्रिगुणांचा अधिपती आत्मा कर्ममार्गात आसक्त होतो, तेव्हा तो गुणोत्पन्न प्रकृतीची त्रिविध क्रिया ‘माझी’ असे मानू लागतो. ज्याचा धर्म सृष्टी व प्रलय आहे त्या प्रकृतीच्या व्यवहाराशी तादात्म्य करून तो प्रत्येक गुणमय परिणाम आपलेच कर्म व आपलीच संपत्ती समजतो.
वसिष्ठ उवाच
Educational Q&A
Even though the Self is said to be the ‘lord’ over the guṇas, when it becomes attached to action it mistakenly identifies Prakṛti’s guṇa-born activities as ‘mine’. The verse points to the ethical-spiritual remedy: discernment and non-appropriation (non-doership) to loosen bondage created by identification.
In Śānti Parva’s instruction on liberation-oriented dharma, Vasiṣṭha explains how bondage arises: the witnessing Self, by entering the karma-path with attachment, superimposes ownership on the workings of three-guṇa Prakṛti—whose nature is continual creation and dissolution.