Shloka 154

Adhyaya 70: आदिसर्गः—महत्-अहङ्कार-तन्मात्रा-भूतसृष्टिः, ब्रह्माण्डावरणम्, प्रजासर्गः, त्रिमूर्ति-शैवाधिष्ठानम्

Devanagari script

ते च प्रकाशबहुलास् तमःपृक्ता रजो ऽधिकाः तस्मात्ते दुःखबहुला भूयोभूयश् च कारिणः

Transliteration

te ca prakāśabahulās tamaḥpṛktā rajo 'dhikāḥ tasmātte duḥkhabahulā bhūyobhūyaś ca kāriṇaḥ

Translation

ସେମାନେ ପ୍ରକାଶ (ସତ୍ତ୍ୱ) ବହୁଳ ହେଲେ ମଧ୍ୟ ତମସ ସହ ମିଶ୍ରିତ ଏବଂ ରଜସ ଅଧିକ। ତେଣୁ ସେମାନେ ଦୁଃଖବହୁଳ, ପୁନଃପୁନଃ କର୍ମ କରୁଥାନ୍ତି।

Word by Word

• te: they

• ca: and

• prakāśa-bahulāḥ: rich in light/sattva

• tamaḥ-pṛktāḥ: blended with darkness/tamas

• rajaḥ-adhikāḥ: with rajas predominant

• tasmāt: therefore

• te: they

• duḥkha-bahulāḥ: full of sorrow/suffering

• bhūyaḥ-bhūyaḥ: again and again

• ca: and

• kāriṇaḥ: doers/agents who act

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating the doctrinal teaching within the Purva-Bhaga context)