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तमसा व्याप्यते रुद्रः सृष्टिसंहारहेतुना । अप्रकाशस्वरूपेण प्रमादादिकृता पुरा ॥ ३८॥
IAST
tamasā vyāpyate rudraḥ sṛṣṭisaṃhārahetunā | aprakāśasvarūpeṇa pramādādikṛtā purā || 38||
English
Rudra is pervaded by tamas because he is an agent of creation's dissolution. This non-luminous guṇa has from ancient time produced negligence and its related states.