Shloka 25
तमोगुण-निरूपण
Analysis of Tamas and its Marks
मग्नास्तमसि दुर्वत्ता: स्वकर्मकृतलक्षणा: । अवाक्स्रोतस इत्येते मग्नासतमसि तामसा:
magnās tamasi durvṛttāḥ svakarmakṛtalakṣaṇāḥ | avāksrotasa ity ete magnās tamasi tāmasāḥ ||
Wika ni Vāyu: “Ang mga taong ito, na may masamang asal, ay nagtataglay ng mga tanda na hinubog ng sarili nilang mga gawa. Lubog sa dilim, sila’y tinatawag na ‘yaong ang agos ay dumadaloy pababa’ (arvāk-srotas); likas na tāmasa, nananatili silang nakalubog sa gayong karimlan.”
वायुदेव उवाच
Educational Q&A
One’s moral condition and destiny are shaped by one’s own actions: corrupt conduct leads to tamasic darkness, described as a downward-flowing tendency (avāksrotas), signifying spiritual decline and bondage to ignorance.
Vāyudeva characterizes certain beings/people as sunk in tamas due to their own misdeeds, labeling them ‘avāksrotasaḥ’—those whose inner current moves downward—thereby explaining their degraded state in ethical and karmic terms.