Shloka 766
Āścarya-kathana: Brāhmaṇa–Nāga Dialogue on Sūrya (Vivasvat) and the ‘Second Sun’ Phenomenon
प्रवृत्तिलक्षणैर्युक्ते नावेक्षति हरि: स्वयम् । प्रजानाथ! राजसी और तामसी--ये दो प्रकृतियाँ दोषोंसे मिश्रित होती हैं। जो पुरुष राजस और तामस प्रकृतिसे युक्त होकर जन्म धारण करता है
pravṛttilakṣaṇairyukte nāvekṣati hariḥ svayam | prajānātha rājasi ca tāmasī ca dve prakṛtī doṣamiśre bhavataḥ | yo manuṣyo rājasa-tāmasa-prakṛtyā yukto janma dhārayati sa prāyaḥ sakāma-karmaṇi pravṛtti-lakṣaṇairyukto bhavati | ataḥ bhagavān śrīhariḥ tasya oraṃ na paśyati |
वैशम्पायन उवाच—प्रजानाथ! प्रवृत्तिलक्षणैर्युक्तं पुरुषं हरिः स्वयमेव नावेक्षते। राजसी तामसी च प्रकृती दोषमिश्रे भवतः। यो हि रजस्तमःप्रकृतियुक्तो जन्म गृह्णाति, स प्रायः सकामकर्मप्रवृत्तिलक्षणैरुपेतो भवति; तस्मात् भगवान् श्रीहरिस्तं नानुगृह्णाति।
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
A person dominated by rajas and tamas tends toward desire-motivated action (sakāma karma) and the outward marks of pravṛtti; such a disposition is portrayed as spiritually defective, and therefore the Lord’s favorable regard is withheld. The ethical thrust is to move away from passion and inertia toward purity, restraint, and higher-minded action.
Vaiśampāyana is explaining to the addressed listener (called ‘Prajānātha’) a doctrinal point about human dispositions: rajasic and tamasic natures lead most people into result-seeking activity, and this state is described as one that does not attract Hari’s gracious attention.