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 ||
风神婆由说道：“那些走上相反道路、深陷于诸业之中的众生，当其罪业之果报受尽，而往昔所修之福德开始成熟之时，便凭借善行所遗之熏习（saṃskāra）之力，得至奉守本分之业、求善之婆罗门的境地。也就是说，他们生于那样的家族；在那里再度精进，上升而往诸天之天界——此乃吠陀启示所宣说者。”
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.