Shloka 4
Tāmasa Sarga, the Androgynous Division of Brahmā, and the Lineages of Dharma and Adharma
तमस्तद् व्यनुदत् पश्चात् रजः सत्त्वेन संयुतः / तत् तमः प्रतिनुन्नं वै मिथुनं समजायत
tamastad vyanudat paścāt rajaḥ sattvena saṃyutaḥ / tat tamaḥ pratinunnaṃ vai mithunaṃ samajāyata
پھر سَتْو کے ساتھ ملا ہوا رَجَس اس تَمَس کو دور ہٹا دیتا ہے۔ اور جب وہ تَمَس پسپا کیا گیا تو یقیناً ایک جوڑا (مِتھُن) پیدا ہوا۔
Purāṇic narrator (Sūta/Vyāsa tradition) describing cosmogenesis
Primary Rasa: adbhuta
Secondary Rasa: vira
FAQs
By presenting creation as a play of guṇas (tamas, rajas, sattva), the verse implies the Atman/Iśvara is the witnessing principle beyond guṇa-interaction, while manifest existence arises when guṇas counteract and transform one another.
The verse supports the Yoga-shāstra emphasis on guṇa-viveka (discriminating the guṇas): cultivating sattva to subdue tamas and steady rajas—an inner discipline that later culminates in transcending all three guṇas in Pāśupata-oriented devotion and contemplation.
Though not naming them directly, the cosmological frame aligns with the Purāṇa’s non-sectarian synthesis: the same Supreme Lord (under Shiva-Vishnu unity) governs guṇa-dynamics, from which duality (mithuna) and the world-process unfold.