Shloka 43
Adhyāya 302: Guṇa-vicāra, Gati-bheda, and the Imperishable State
Yājñavalkya–Janaka
तम:सत्त्वरजोयुक्तस्तासु तास्विह योनिषु । नियते प्रतिबुद्धित्वादबुद्धजनसेवनात्
tamaḥ-sattva-rajo-yuktas tāsu tāsviha yoniṣu | niyate pratibuddhitvād abuddha-jana-sevanāt prakṛtike saṁsarga-vaśaḥ hi saḥ sattva-guṇaṁ rajo-guṇaṁ tamo-guṇaṁ ca yuktaḥ bhavati; ajñānī-manuṣya-saṅgāt teṣām iva ātmānaṁ śarīra-sthaṁ manyamānaḥ saḥ tāsu tāsu sāttvika-rājasa-tāmasa-yoniṣu janma gṛhṇāti ||
Wika ni Vasiṣṭha: Sa pamimilit ng pagdikit sa Prakṛti, ang sarili sa loob ng katawan ay nauugnay sa tatlong guṇa—sattva, rajas, at tamas. Sa pakikisama sa mga di-marunong, at sa matibay na gawi ng pag-aakalang siya’y nakaluklok sa katawan, siya’y muling isinisilang nang paulit-ulit sa mga sinapupunang kaayon—sāttvika, rājasa, o tāmasa—ayon sa pagkakaugnay na iyon.
वसिष्ठ उवाच
Educational Q&A
Association shapes consciousness: under Prakṛti’s influence the self becomes colored by sattva, rajas, and tamas; keeping company with the unwise strengthens body-identification, which in turn leads to rebirth in corresponding sāttvika, rājasa, or tāmasa forms.
In Śānti Parva’s instruction on liberation and conduct, Vasiṣṭha explains to his listener how the jīva’s entanglement with the guṇas—especially through bad company and mistaken self-identification—drives repeated births in different kinds of embodiments.