मागां बोलिला रजोगुण । क्रियेसहित लक्षण । आतां ऐका तमोगुण । तोहि सांगिजेल ॥ १ ॥

Earlier, rajas was described along with its characteristic actions. Now tamas too shall be described in the same way - listen.

संसारीं दुःखसंमंध । प्राप्त होतां उठे खेद । कां अद्भुुत आला क्रोध । तो तमोगुण ॥ २ ॥

When sorrow strikes in worldly life, deep anguish arises, or an uncontrollable fury erupts - this is the mark of tamas.

शेरीरीं क्रोध भरतां । नोळखे माता पिता । बंधु बहिण कांता । ताडी, तो तमोगुण ॥ ३ ॥

When anger fills the body, a person no longer recognizes even his mother or father, and strikes his brother, sister, or wife - this is the mark of tamas.

दुसर्यामचा प्राण घ्यावा । आपला आपण स्वयें द्यावा । विसरवी जीवभावा । तो तमोगुण ॥ ४ ॥

A desire to take another's life, or to give up one's own life by force, so that all sense of self is lost - this is the mark of tamas.

भरलें क्रोधाचें काविरें । पिश्याच्यापरी वावरे । नाना उपायें नावरे । तो तमोगुण ॥ ५ ॥

A fit of raging madness takes hold, and the person wanders about like one possessed, uncontrollable by any means - this is the mark of tamas.

आपला आपण शस्त्रपात । पराचा करी घात । ऐसा समय वर्तत । तो तमोगुण ॥ ६ ॥

A time when a person wounds himself with a weapon, or kills another - this state is the mark of tamas.

डोळा युध्यचि पाहवें । रण पडिलें तेथें जावें । ऐसें घेतलें जीवें । तो तमोगुण ॥ ७ ॥

A craving to watch nothing but fighting, an urge to rush to wherever a battle rages - such an obsession of the soul is the mark of tamas.

अखंड भ्रांती पडे । केला निश्चय विघडे । अत्यंत निद्रा आवडे । तो तमोगुण ॥ ८ ॥

Constant confusion clouds the mind, every firm resolve falls apart, and there is an excessive love of sleep - this is the mark of tamas.

क्षुधा जयाची वाड । नेणे कडु अथवा गोड । अत्यंत जो कां मूढ । तो तमोगुण ॥ ९ ॥

One whose hunger is boundless, who cannot tell bitter from sweet, and who is utterly dull-witted, is the mark of tamas.

प्रीतिपात्र गेलें मरणें । तयालागीं जीव देणें । स्वयें आत्महत्या करणें । तो तमोगुण ॥ १० ॥

When a beloved person dies, giving up one's own life for their sake, taking one's own life - this is the mark of tamas.

किडा मुंगी आणी स्वापद । यांचा करूं आवडे वध । अत्यंत जो कृपामंद । तो तमोगुण ॥ ११ ॥

A desire to kill insects, ants, and other creatures, and a heart utterly devoid of compassion - this is the mark of tamas.

स्त्रीहत्या बाळहत्या । द्रव्यालागीं ब्रह्मत्या । करूं आवडे गोहत्या । तो तमोगुण ॥ १२ ॥

A willingness to kill a woman, kill a child, kill a learned brahmin for money, or kill a cow - this is the mark of tamas.

विसळाचेनि नेटें । वीष घ्यावेंसें वाटे । परवध मनीं उठे । तो तमोगुण ॥ १३ ॥

In a fit of overwhelming impulse, a desire to swallow poison, and thoughts of killing another rising within - this is the mark of tamas.

अंतरीं धरूनि कपट । पराचें करी तळपट । सदा मस्त सदा उद्धट । तो तमोगुण ॥ १४ ॥

Harboring deceit within, one who ruins another completely, and who is forever arrogant and insolent - this is the mark of tamas.

कळह व्हावा ऐसें वाटे । झोंबी घ्यावी ऐसें उठे । अन्तरी द्वेष प्रगटे । तो तमोगुण ॥ १५ ॥

A wish for quarrels to break out, an urge to grapple and fight, and hatred surfacing within the heart - this is the mark of tamas.

युध्य देखावें ऐकावें । स्वयें युध्यचि करावें । मारावें कीं मरावें । तो तमोगुण ॥ १६ ॥

A wish to watch and hear of fighting, and to take up fighting oneself, ready either to kill or be killed - this is the mark of tamas.

मत्सरें भक्ति मोडावी । देवाळयें विघडावीं । फळतीं झाडें तोडावीं । तो तमोगुण ॥ १७ ॥

Out of spite, wishing to destroy devotion, wreck temples, and cut down fruit-bearing trees - this is the mark of tamas.

सत्कर्में ते नावडती । नाना दोष ते आवडती । पापभय नाहीं चित्ती । तो तमोगुण ॥ १८ ॥

Good deeds hold no appeal, while every kind of vice is attractive, and the mind feels no fear of sin at all - this is the mark of tamas.

ब्रह्मवृत्तीचा उछेद । जीवमात्रास देणें खेद । करूं आवडे अप्रमाद । तो तमोगुण ॥ १९ ॥

A wish to utterly destroy virtuous, disciplined conduct, to bring grief upon every living being, and to do so without the least hesitation or qualm - this is the mark of tamas.

आग्नप्रळये शस्त्रप्रळये । भूतप्रळये वीषप्रळये । मत्सरें करीं जीवक्षये । तो तमोगुण ॥ २० ॥

Destroying lives out of spite - by fire, by weapons, by black magic, or by poison - this is the mark of tamas.

परपीडेचा संतोष । निष्ठुरपणाचा हव्यास । संसाराचा नये त्रास । तो तमोगुण ॥ २१ ॥

Taking pleasure in others' suffering, an appetite for cruelty, and feeling no distress even over sinful acts - this is the mark of tamas.

भांडण लाऊन द्यावें । स्वयें कौतुक पाहावें । कुबुद्धि घेतली जीवें । तो तमोगुण ॥ २२ ॥

Instigating a quarrel between others and then watching it for one's own amusement - such evil-mindedness taken up by the soul is the mark of tamas.

प्राप्त जालियां संपत्ती । जीवांस करी यातायाती । कळवळा नये चित्तीं । तो तमोगुण ॥ २३ ॥

Having gained wealth, tormenting other beings, without a shred of compassion arising in the heart - this is the mark of tamas.

नावडे भक्ति नावडे भाव । नावडे तीर्थ नावडे देव । वेदशास्त्र नलगे सर्व । तो तमोगुण ॥ २४ ॥

No liking for devotion, no liking for faith, no liking for pilgrimage or for God, and not the slightest regard for the Vedas and scriptures - this is the mark of tamas.

स्नानसंध्या नेम नसे । स्वधर्मीं भ्रष्टला दिसे । अकर्तव्य करीतसे । तो तमोगुण ॥ २५ ॥

No discipline of daily bathing and prayer, visibly fallen away from his own dharma, and doing precisely what ought not to be done - this is the mark of tamas.

जेष्ठ बंधु बाप माये । त्यांचीं वचनें न साहे । सीघ्रकोपी निघोन जाये । तो तमोगुण ॥ २६ ॥

Unable to bear even a word from his elder brother, father, or mother, and quick to anger and storm off - this is the mark of tamas.

उगेंचि खावें उगेंचि असावें । स्तब्ध हो‍ऊन बैसावें । कांहींच स्मरेना स्वभावें । तो तमोगुण ॥ २७ ॥

Eating aimlessly, sitting about aimlessly, remaining dazed and motionless, with the mind so dulled that nothing registers at all - this is the mark of tamas.

चेटकविद्येचा अभ्यास । शस्त्रविद्येचा हव्यास । मल्लविद्या व्हावी ज्यास । तो तमोगुण ॥ २८ ॥

A devotion to the practice of black magic and sorcery, an intense craving for the arts of weaponry, and an urge to master wrestling and combat - this is the mark of tamas.

केले गळाचे नवस । रडिबेडीचे सायास । काष्ठयंत्र छेदी जिव्हेस । तो तमोगुण ॥ २९ ॥

Making vows involving hooks piercing the flesh, undertaking such painful austerities, and cutting one's own tongue with a wooden device - this is the mark of tamas.

मस्तकीं भदें जाळावें । पोतें आंग हुरपळावें । स्वयें शस्त्र टोचून घ्यावें । तो तमोगुण ॥ ३० ॥

Burning one's own scalp, scorching the body with hot embers, and piercing oneself with a weapon - such self-inflicted torment is the mark of tamas.

देवास सिर वाहावें । कां तें आंग समर्पावें । पडणीवरून घालून घ्यावे । तो तमोगुण ॥ ३१ ॥

Offering one's own head to a deity, sacrificing one's body, or flinging oneself down from a height - this is the mark of tamas.

निग्रह करून धरणें । कां तें टांगून घेणें । देवद्वारीं जीव देणें । तो तमोगुण ॥ ३२ ॥

Holding a rigid, punishing vow of self-denial, hanging oneself up in penance, or giving up one's life at a temple door - this is the mark of tamas.

निराहार उपोषण । पंचाग्नी धूम्रपान । आपणास घ्यावें पुरून । तो तमोगुण ॥ ३३ ॥

Fasting without food, undergoing the ordeal of five fires, smoking oneself with fumes, or even burying oneself alive - such extreme bodily mortification is the mark of tamas.

सकाम जें का अनुष्ठान । कां तें वायोनिरोधन । अथवा राहावें पडोन । तो तमोगुण ॥ ३४ ॥

Performing harsh rites merely to fulfil some selfish desire, forcibly holding the breath, or lying about inert and inactive - this is the mark of tamas.

नखें केश वाढवावे । हस्तचि वर्ते करावे । अथवा वाग्सुंन्य व्हावें । तो तमोगुण ॥ ३५ ॥

Letting one's nails and hair grow wild, keeping an arm raised rigidly, or taking up total silence as an obstinate feat - this is the mark of tamas.

नाना निग्रहें पिडावें । देहदुःखें चर्फडावें । क्रोधें देवांस फोडावें । तो तमोगुण ॥ ३६ ॥

Tormenting oneself with all manner of stubborn austerities, writhing in bodily pain, and even smashing the images of gods in a fit of rage - this is the mark of tamas.

देवाची जो निंदा करी । तो आशाबद्धि अघोरी । जो संतसंग न धरी । तो तमोगुण ॥ ३७ ॥

One who slanders God, who is a dreadful soul bound tightly by worldly craving, and who keeps no company with saints, is the mark of tamas.

ऐसा हा तमोगुण । सांगतां जो असाधारण । परी त्यागार्थ निरूपण । कांहीं येक ॥ ३८ ॥

Such is this tamas - truly boundless if one were to describe it fully; but only a little has been explained here, so that it may be given up.

ऐसें वर्ते तो तमोगुण । परी हा पतनास कारण । मोक्षप्राप्तीचें लक्षण । नव्हे येणें ॥ ३९ ॥

One who behaves this way is under the influence of tamas; but this quality only leads to one's downfall. It bears not the slightest mark of the path to liberation.

केल्या कर्माचें फळ । प्राप्त हो‍ईल सकळ । जन्म दुःखाचें मूळ । तुटेना कीं ॥ ४० ॥

One must fully reap the fruit of whatever deeds one has done, and so the very root of the sorrow of rebirth remains uncut.

व्हावया जन्माचें खंडण । पाहिजे तो सत्वगुण । तेंचि असे निरुपण । पुढिले समासीं ॥ ४१ ॥

If one wishes to put an end to the cycle of birth and death, one must cultivate sattva. That very quality is explained in the next chapter.