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

ते च प्रकाशबहुलास्तमःपृक्ता रजोऽधिकाः; तस्मात्ते दुःखबहुला भूयोभूयश्च कारिणः।

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)