Shloka 15
Rajo-guṇa-nirdeśa — Brahmā’s Enumeration of Rajasic Dispositions
भूतभव्यभविष्याणां भावानां भुवि भावना: । त्रिवर्गनिरता नित्यं धर्मोडर्थ: काम इत्यपि
bhūtabhavyabhaviṣyāṇāṁ bhāvānāṁ bhuvi bhāvanāḥ | trivarganiratā nityaṁ dharmo 'rthaḥ kāma ity api ||
ਵਾਯੁ ਨੇ ਕਿਹਾ—ਜੋ ਇਸ ਧਰਤੀ ਉੱਤੇ ਭੂਤ, ਵਰਤਮਾਨ ਅਤੇ ਭਵਿੱਖ ਦੇ ਮਾਮਲਿਆਂ ਦੀ ਹੀ ਚਿੰਤਾ ਕਰਦੇ ਰਹਿੰਦੇ ਹਨ, ਅਤੇ ਜੋ ਸਦਾ ਧਰਮ, ਅਰਥ ਅਤੇ ਕਾਮ—ਇਸ ਤ੍ਰਿਵਰਗ ਵਿੱਚ ਹੀ ਲੀਨ ਰਹਿੰਦੇ ਹਨ।
वायुदेव उवाच
Educational Q&A
Preoccupation with worldly time-bound concerns and constant pursuit of dharma-artha-kāma, when driven by craving and self-will, indicates rajas-dominance; such a mind flows outward/downward toward sense-objects rather than upward toward inner clarity.
Vāyudeva is characterizing a class of people by their mental orientation: they continually deliberate on past-present-future matters and remain absorbed in the three worldly aims; the passage (with the accompanying gloss) identifies them as rajas-covered and labels them ‘arvāk-srotas’.