Shloka 7
Rajo-guṇa-nirdeśa — Brahmā’s Enumeration of Rajasic Dispositions
परिचर्यानुशुश्रूषा सेवा तृष्णा व्यपाश्रय: । व्यूह़ो नयः प्रमादश्न॒ परिवाद: परिग्रह:
paricaryānuśuśrūṣā sevā tṛṣṇā vyapāśrayaḥ | vyūho nayaḥ pramādaś ca parivādaḥ parigrahaḥ ||
风神伐由说道：“侍奉与恭听、服役、渴爱、依赖他人、阵势筹布、权谋机变、疏忽放逸、诽谤中伤、贪取聚敛——这些倾向束缚着人，使其远离在达摩中的安定与坚住。”
वायुदेव उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse lists behaviors and mental tendencies—craving, dependence, negligence, slander, and grasping—that undermine ethical steadiness. It cautions that even socially praised acts like service or political skill can become binding when driven by attachment, ambition, or lack of discernment.
Vāyudeva is speaking and enumerating a set of traits to be recognized and restrained. The tone is admonitory and diagnostic, as part of a broader instruction on right conduct and the inner causes of moral decline.