Shloka 36
तमोगुण-निरूपण
Analysis of Tamas and its Marks
तमोगुणा बहुविधा: प्रकीर्तिता यथावदुक्त च तम: परावरम् | नरो हि यो वेद गुणानिमान् सदा स तामसै: सर्वगुणै: प्रमुच्यते
tamoguṇā bahuvidhāḥ prakīrtitā yathāvad uktaṃ ca tamaḥ parāvaram | naro hi yo veda guṇān imān sadā sa tāmasaiḥ sarvaguṇaiḥ pramucyate ||
“惰性之暗（tamas）的种种形态，已被如实宣说；由惰性所致的高下果报，也已如其本然加以说明。凡能明了这些性质的人，恒常解脱于一切惰性之相。”
वायुदेव उवाच
Educational Q&A
Clear knowledge of tamas—its forms and its higher/lower consequences—helps one disengage from tamasic tendencies; understanding becomes a means of freedom from inertia, delusion, and moral darkness.
Vāyudeva concludes an instructional passage in the Anugītā context, summarizing that tamas and its results have been properly explained, and asserting that the knower of these guṇas is not bound by tamasic qualities.