Shloka 7
Adhyaya 49 — Primordial Human Creation, the Rise of Desire, and the Origins of Settlements, Measures, and Agriculture
उद्रिक्तास्तमसा सर्वे निःश्रीका ह्यल्पचेतसः ।
ततः संहर्षमाणास्ते द्वन्द्वोत्पन्नास्तु प्राणिनः ॥
udriktās tamasā sarve niḥśrīkā hy alpacetasaḥ |
tataḥ saṃharṣamāṇās te dvandvotpannās tu prāṇinaḥ ||
सर्वे तमसा समाविष्टा निस्तेजसोऽल्पबुद्धयः। ततः प्रमोदसंक्षोभात् प्राणिनो द्वन्द्वभावतः युग्मेन समुत्थिताः॥
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FAQs
When consciousness is dominated by tamas, beings lose clarity (śrī here as radiance/ordered well-being) and act from agitation rather than discernment. The verse frames dualistic embodiment (pairing) as arising in a diminished, obscured condition—hinting that higher clarity belongs to sattva, while tamas generates confusion and compulsive motion.
Primarily Sarga (creation): describing the arising of embodied beings and the emergence of duality/pair-formation as a stage in cosmic manifestation.
‘Dvandva’ can be read both as biological pairing and as the metaphysical birth of opposites (pleasure/pain, like/dislike). Under tamas, the One appears as many through oppositional cognition; thus duality is linked with obscuration.