1. “tamaḥ vastu yādhātmya viparīta viṣaya jñānajaṃ viparyaya jñānahētuḥ. ityardhaḥ. pramādālasya nidrāhētu tayā tadvārēṇa dēhinaṃ badhnāti.” (śrīrāmanujaḥ).

(vastuvu yokka yadhārdhasthitiki viparītamaina jñānamuṃḍuṭavalanakalugunadi tamōguṇamu. paparya yajñānamu kaluguṭaku kāraṇamainadi - pramādamu, ālasyamu, nidra - vīṭiki kāraṇamainadaguṭavalana vāṭi dvārā manuṣyuni baṃdhiṃcunu).

2. tamaḥ vastu yādātmya jñānaṃ āvṛtya viparīta jñānahētutayā kartavya viparītapravṛtti saṃgaprathānaṃ.

(vastuvuyokka yadhārdhajñānamu nāvariṃci viparītajñānamu kaluguṭaku kāraṇamaguṭavalana tamamu kartavyaviṣayamukanna viparītamaina panilō pravṛtti kalugacēyunu).

3. jñānaṃ satvakṛtaṃ vivēkaṃ āvṛtya (ācchādya) tamaḥ svēna āvaraṇātmanā pramādē saṃ jayati, uta pramādaḥ prāpta kartavyā karaṇaṃ.

(jñānamu satvaguṇamu valanakalugu vivēkamu - dānini kappipucci tamōguṇamu tana āvaraṇaśakticēta pramādamu kaligiṃcunu).

4. “tamastya jñānajaṃ viddhi mōhanaṃ sarva dēhināṃ |

pramādālasya nidrābhistannibadhnāti bhārata|

jñānamāvṛtyatu tamaḥ pramādē saṃjayatyuta |

rajastamaścābhi bhūya satvaṃ bhavati bhārata |

rajaḥ sattvaṃ tamaścaivatamaḥ satvaṃ rajastadā |

aprakāśō (a)pravṛttiśca pramādō mōha ēvaca |

tamasyē tāni jāyaṃtē vivṛddhē kurunaṃdana |

rajasi pralayaṃ gatvā karmasaṃgiṣu jāyatē |

tadhā pralīnastamasi mūḍhayōniṣu jāyatē ||“. (śrīmadbhagavadgīta - 14 - 8, 10. 13,15)

(tamōguṇamu ajñānamuvalana kaligi janulanu mōhiṃpacēyunu. pramādamu, ālasyamu, nidra kalugacēsi dēhini baṃdhiṃcucunnadi, jñānamunāvariṃci pramādamunu (porapāṭunu) kalugacēyucunnadi. satvaguṇamunu, rajōguṇamunu tiraskariṃci tamōguṇamu vṛddhipoṃdunu. tamōguṇamu migilina reṃḍu guṇamulakanna vṛddhipoṃdinayaḍala avivēkamu, aprayatnamu, pramādamu (tappulucēyuṭa), mōhamu vṛddhi poṃdunu. tamōguṇamu vṛddhipoṃdiyuṃḍaga maraṇiṃcina paśuvu modalagu mūḍhajanmamulanoṃdunu).

5. tamasi pravṛddhaumṛtaḥ mūḍhayōniṣu sūkarādi yōniṣu, paśvādi yōniṣu jāyatē|.(tamōguṇamu vṛddhipoṃdagā canipōyinavāḍu mūḍha janmalanu (paṃdi, kukka modalagu paśujanmalanu poṃdunu).

6. “tāmasāḥ - jaghanyaguṇa vṛttisthāḥ uttarōttara nikṛṣṭa tamōguṇavṛttiṣu sthitā adhōgacchaṃti - aṃtyatvaṃ, tataḥ tiryaktvyaṃ, tataḥ krimikīṭādi janma, sthāvaratvaṃ tatōpi gulmalatātvaṃ, tataśca śilākāṣṭa lōṣṭa tṛṇāditvaṃ gacchaṃti” (śrīrāmānujaḥ)

(tāmasaguṇamukalavāru - itarulanu caṃpeḍi guṇamugalavāru - okadānikanna iṃkokaṭi adhikamagu tāmasa guṇamulukalavāru - nīcajanmalanettuduru. anagā, aṃtyajātilō puṭṭuṭa, jaṃtuvulugānu, tarvāta purugu modalagunavigānu, ceṭlu cāmulugānu, latalugānu, ṟāyi, karragānu, gaḍḍipōcagānu puṭṭuduru).

7. “tamōguṇaṃbuvalana ākāśādi bhūta paṃcakamu puṭṭu” (vivēkaciṃtāmaṇi - paramānaṃdatīrtha)

8. prakṛtiyokka satvarajastamōguṇamulanu triguṇamulalō nokaṭi.