Shloka 27
तमोगुण-निरूपण
Analysis of Tamas and its Marks
अन्यथा प्रतिपन्नास्तु विवृद्धा ये च कर्मण: । स्वकर्मनिरतानां च ब्राह्मणानां शुभैषिणाम्
anyathā pratipannās tu vivṛddhā ye ca karmaṇaḥ | svakarmaniratānāṃ ca brāhmaṇānāṃ śubhaiṣiṇām ||
Wika ni Vāyu: “Yaong mga nilalang na tumahak sa salungat na landas—na lubhang naipit sa mga gawa—kapag naubos na ang bunga ng kanilang masasamang gawa at nagsimulang mamunga ang dating nagawang kabutihan, kung gayon, sa lakas ng mga bakas na iniwan ng mabubuting gawa (saṃskāra), naaabot nila ang kalagayan ng mga Brahmin na tapat sa sariling itinakdang tungkulin at naghahangad ng kabutihan. Ibig sabihin, isinisilang sila sa gayong mga angkan; doon sila muling nagsisikap, umaangat, at napaparoon sa langit ng mga diyos—ito ang ipinahahayag ng pahayag ng Veda.”
वायुदेव उवाच
Educational Q&A
Even those who have fallen into contrary or harmful courses are not fixed forever: when the results of sin are exhausted and prior merit ripens, the latent impressions of good deeds can lead them toward dharmic birth, renewed effort, and ascent to higher worlds. The passage frames this as consistent with Vedic śruti.
Vāyu is explaining a moral-cosmic mechanism of karma and rebirth: beings who have gone astray, after undergoing the consequences of wrongdoing, may later experience the rise of earlier merit and be reborn among duty-bound, welfare-seeking Brahmins, from where they can strive upward and attain heaven.