RAJAS
रजस
The ancient philosophy of the Gunas speaks of these three threads. Tamas, the quiet weight before awakening; Rajas, the spark of movement and desire; and Saatva, the calm clarity that completes the cycle. Together they weave Prakriti, the living essence of the world, the balance that sustains all creation.
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TAMAS
तमस -‘quality of dullness or inactivity, apathy, inertia or lethargy in which fear interprets experience ’
She sits in the hush of shadow and sound,
Jasmine wound around her wrists, eyes veiled in white.
The forest envelopes. Almost inactive, yet everything listens.
Tamas is not darkness alone - it is the womb.
The quiet pull of inertia that softens the world to sleep.
Within Prakriti, it is the grounding force.
The soil that waits, the pause before the pulse.
Here, she is learning what it means to rest,
To be held by the unknown before becoming known.
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RAJAS
रजस - ‘the quality of passion, activity, ambition, and ego; it is the quality of being driven and dynamic.
The veil loosens.
Light flickers against her skin, and rose petals scatter like embers across the Mother Earth.
Rajas is the powerful current that moves all things forward.
It is passion, movement, desire. The spark that ignites the form.
Through Prakriti, it becomes the dance of life itself,
earth reaching toward sky, wind chasing fire.
She doesn’t fight the motion. She becomes it.
Dynamic, luminous, alive.
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SATTVA
सत्व -‘ the quality of balance, harmony, goodness, purity where truth interprets experience ’
The water ripples.
Lotus petals drift toward her, drawn by something unseen.
Her reflection no longer startles her, it welcomes her back.
Sattva is the quiet after the breath of creation.
Clarity, harmony, truth. The balance that holds the world steady.
Prakriti, A warm omnipresent light,
The serene hum of things perfectly aligned.
She does not rise above the world.
She dissolves into it. Whole, complete, free.
Photo & Video: Gagan Dhaliwal | Styling: Krunal | Jewellery: Maala London, Kastur Jewels, De Silver Studio BR, Tribes by Amrapali | Muses: Vidya Patel | Sari: Huts and Loom