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अधो गच्छन्ति तामसाः

adho gacchanti tāmasāḥ

1 verse carry this thread. In Pāṇinian grammar, anuvṛtti is the silent carry-forward of a topic across sūtras; here, it is made visible across the Gītā corpus. Walk top-to-bottom to follow how the idea unfolds.

  1. 01 ·BG 14.18Krishna
    ऊर्ध्वं गच्छन्ति सत्त्व-स्था मध्ये तिष्ठन्ति राजसाः | जघन्य-गुण-वृत्त-स्था अधो गच्छन्ति तामसाः
    ūrdhvaṃ gacchanti sattva-sthā madhye tiṣṭhanti rājasāḥ | jaghanya-guṇa-vṛtta-sthā adho gacchanti tāmasāḥ