Shloka 17
Rajo-guṇa-nirdeśa — Brahmā’s Enumeration of Rajasic Dispositions
अस्मिल्लोके प्रमोदन््ते जायमाना: पुनः पुन: । प्रेत्य भाविकमीहन्ते ऐहलौकिकमेव च । ददति प्रतिगृह्नन्ति तर्पयन्त्यथ जुह्गमति
asmi loke pramodante j1yam1n1 puna puna | pretya bh1vikam 2bhante aihalaukikam eva ca | dadati pratigh nanti tarpayanty atha juhvati ||
Sinabi ni Vāyudeva: “Sa daigdig na ito, ang gayong mga tao ay nagagalak nang paulit-ulit habang sila’y muling isinisilang nang maraming ulit, nalulubog sa ligayang nagmumula sa mga bagay ng pandama. Pagkaraan ng kamatayan, nagsisikap din sila para sa inaakala nilang magaganap, at tanging pakinabang na makamundo ang kanilang hinahabol. Kaya, na may pagnanasa bilang udyok, sila’y nagbibigay ng kaloob, tumatanggap ng kaloob, at nagsasagawa ng mga ritwal ng tarpana at mga handog na yajña.”
वायुदेव उवाच
Educational Q&A
Desire-driven religiosity keeps one revolving in repeated births: when charity, receiving gifts, and ritual acts are performed for personal enjoyment and worldly/otherworldly reward, they remain bound to sense-pleasure and its consequences rather than moving toward liberation-oriented dharma.
V1yudeva is describing a class of people who repeatedly take birth and pursue pleasure; even their religious actionsgiving, accepting gifts, ancestor-satiation rites, and fire-sacrificesare undertaken with a reward-seeking motive aimed at happiness in this world and the next.