Shloka 27
तमोगुण-निरूपण
Analysis of Tamas and its Marks
अन्यथा प्रतिपन्नास्तु विवृद्धा ये च कर्मण: । स्वकर्मनिरतानां च ब्राह्मणानां शुभैषिणाम्
anyathā pratipannās tu vivṛddhā ye ca karmaṇaḥ | svakarmaniratānāṃ ca brāhmaṇānāṃ śubhaiṣiṇām ||
Vāyu berkata: “Makhluk yang menempuh haluan yang menyimpang—yang terjerat mendalam dalam perbuatan—apabila hasil perbuatan dosa mereka telah habis dinikmati dan kebangkitan jasa kebajikan yang dahulu mula berbuah, maka dengan kekuatan kesan-kesan daripada amal yang baik (saṃskāra), mereka mencapai keadaan para Brahmin yang teguh pada dharma tugasnya dan menghendaki kebaikan. Ertinya, mereka lahir dalam keluarga sedemikian; di sana mereka berusaha lagi, naik ke atas, dan pergi ke syurga para dewa—demikianlah yang dinyatakan oleh wahyu Veda.”
वायुदेव उवाच
Educational Q&A
Even those who have fallen into contrary or harmful courses are not fixed forever: when the results of sin are exhausted and prior merit ripens, the latent impressions of good deeds can lead them toward dharmic birth, renewed effort, and ascent to higher worlds. The passage frames this as consistent with Vedic śruti.
Vāyu is explaining a moral-cosmic mechanism of karma and rebirth: beings who have gone astray, after undergoing the consequences of wrongdoing, may later experience the rise of earlier merit and be reborn among duty-bound, welfare-seeking Brahmins, from where they can strive upward and attain heaven.