Shloka 7
उद्रिक्तं च रजो यत्र मध्यस्रोतोगतं भवेत् । अल्पं तत्र तमो ज्ञेयं सत््वमल्पतरं तथा,मध्यस्रोता अर्थात् मनुष्ययोनिमें, जहाँ रजोगुणकी मात्रा अधिक होती है, वहाँ थोड़ा तमोगुण और बहुत थोड़ा सत्त्गगुण समझना चाहिये
udriktaṃ ca rajo yatra madhyasrotogataṃ bhavet | alpaṃ tatra tamo jñeyaṃ sattvam alpataram tathā ||
Vāyu disse: “Na condição de existência chamada ‘corrente do meio’—a condição humana—onde a paixão (rajas) predomina, deve-se entender que a escuridão e a inércia (tamas) estão presentes apenas em pequena medida, e a clareza e harmonia (sattva) em medida ainda menor.”
वायुदेव उवाच
Educational Q&A
Human life (the ‘middle current’) is typically dominated by rajas—restless desire and activity—while tamas is lesser and sattva is least. Therefore, ethical effort and self-discipline are needed to increase sattva and prevent rajas from driving one into harmful action.
Vāyu is explaining a doctrinal classification of beings by the three guṇas. He identifies the human condition as a middle realm characterized chiefly by rajas, offering a moral-psychological lens for understanding human behavior and spiritual practice.