Shloka 13
तमोगुण-निरूपण
Analysis of Tamas and its Marks
Devanagari script
अस्मृतिश्नचाविपाकश्च नास्तिकयं भिन्नवृत्तिता | निर्विशेषत्वमन्धत्वं जघन्यगुणवृत्तिता
Transliteration
asmṛtiś ca avipākaś ca nāstikyaṁ bhinnavṛttitā | nirviśeṣatvam andhatvaṁ jaghanyaguṇavṛttitā
Translation
风神伐由说道：“由此等行径，便生正念与正辨的丧失，诸业之果不熟而无益；又生不信与乖离不一的行止。人遂堕入善恶不分的混沌与盲暗之境，依最下劣的品质与习气而活。”
Word by Word
अस्मृतिःforgetfulness, lack of memory
अस्मृतिः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootअस्मृति
FormFeminine, Nominative, Singular
श्नचand (enclitic particle; reading uncertain)
श्नच:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootश्नच
अविपाकःnon-maturation; lack of ripening (of intellect/understanding)
अविपाकः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootअविपाक
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
चand
च:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच
नास्तिक्यम्atheism; disbelief
नास्तिक्यम्:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootनास्तिक्य
FormNeuter, Nominative, Singular
भिन्नवृत्तिताdeviant conduct; having a different (improper) mode of life
भिन्नवृत्तिता:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootभिन्न-वृत्ति-ता
FormFeminine, Nominative, Singular
निर्विशेषत्वम्lack of distinction; non-discriminating state
निर्विशेषत्वम्:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootनिर्विशेष-त्व
FormNeuter, Nominative, Singular
अन्धत्वम्blindness
अन्धत्वम्:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootअन्ध-त्व
FormNeuter, Nominative, Singular
जघन्यगुणवृत्तिताbase/low-quality conduct; conduct characterized by inferior qualities
जघन्यगुणवृत्तिता:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootजघन्य-गुण-वृत्ति-ता
FormFeminine, Nominative, Singular
Speaker
वायुदेव उवाच
Characters & Entities
V
Vāyu-devaCharacter Dynamics
Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)
Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)
Philosophical Teaching
Political Layer
Meter (Chandas)
Sandhi Notes
Educational Q&A
The verse warns that abandoning dharma and steady right conduct leads to inner collapse: forgetfulness of moral truth, disbelief, confused and inconsistent behavior, loss of discrimination, and a descent into base qualities.
Vāyu-deva is speaking as a moral instructor, listing the degrading mental and ethical consequences that follow from a wrong path—portraying how adharma produces spiritual blindness and low conduct.