Shloka 3
तमोगुण-निरूपण
Analysis of Tamas and its Marks
त्रीणि स्रोतांसि यान्यस्मिन्नाप्यायन्ते पुन: पुनः । प्रनाड्यस्तिस्र एवैता: प्रवर्तन्ते गुणात्मिका:
trīṇi srotāṃsi yāny asminn āpyāyante punaḥ punaḥ | praṇāḍyas tisra evaitāḥ pravartante guṇātmikāḥ ||
风神伐由说道：“在此之中，有三道流注，反复得以充盈。正是这三条通道——由三种德性（guṇa）所成——使诸流注发动，并令其不断流行。”
वायुदेव उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse links inner experience to the three guṇas: the mind’s recurring currents are repeatedly ‘fed’ and propelled by three guṇa-constituted channels. Ethically, it implies that mastering conduct requires understanding how sattva, rajas, and tamas continually condition one’s mental flow.
Vāyu-deva is explaining an inner, yogic-psychological model: within the person there are three ongoing ‘streams’ (currents of mind/being), and three guṇa-based nāḍīs (channels) repeatedly replenish and drive these currents.