Ashvamedhika Parva Adhyaya 36 Shloka 13 - Mahabharata | Malay | Vedapath

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Shloka 13

तमोगुण-निरूपण

Analysis of Tamas and its Marks

Devanagari script

अस्मृतिश्नचाविपाकश्च नास्तिकयं भिन्नवृत्तिता | निर्विशेषत्वमन्धत्वं जघन्यगुणवृत्तिता

Transliteration

asmṛtiś ca avipākaś ca nāstikyaṁ bhinnavṛttitā | nirviśeṣatvam andhatvaṁ jaghanyaguṇavṛttitā

Translation

Vāyu-deva berkata: “Daripada jalan demikian lahir hilangnya ingatan dan pertimbangan yang benar, hasil perbuatan yang tidak masak dan sia-sia, kekufuran, serta tingkah laku yang berpecah dan tidak konsisten. Seseorang jatuh ke dalam keadaan kabur tanpa beza moral dan kebutaan, hidup menurut sifat dan tabiat yang paling hina.”

Word by Word

अस्मृतिःforgetfulness, lack of memory

श्नचand (enclitic particle; reading uncertain)

अविपाकःnon-maturation; lack of ripening (of intellect/understanding)

चand

नास्तिक्यम्atheism; disbelief

भिन्नवृत्तिताdeviant conduct; having a different (improper) mode of life

निर्विशेषत्वम्lack of distinction; non-discriminating state

अन्धत्वम्blindness

जघन्यगुणवृत्तिताbase/low-quality conduct; conduct characterized by inferior qualities

Speaker

वायुदेव उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vāyu-deva

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 warns that abandoning dharma and steady right conduct leads to inner collapse: forgetfulness of moral truth, disbelief, confused and inconsistent behavior, loss of discrimination, and a descent into base qualities.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vāyu-deva is speaking as a moral instructor, listing the degrading mental and ethical consequences that follow from a wrong path—portraying how adharma produces spiritual blindness and low conduct.