PERSONALITY TRAITS (PRAKRITIS)

Human body reveals character of person. There are three types of personalities viz, Sattvik, Rajsik and Tamsik (in descending order) whose individual traits are described, in a nutshell, hereunder.

SATTVIK

These persons have pure mind, clean conscience are sensible, sensitive, sympathetic and philanthropic, soft spoken, amiable, mild, accommodative, simple and straightforward and without any qualms. They abstain from intoxicants, spices, condiments, and heavy/fried food, rely on vegetables and fruits and love whatever is good and noble. Their nobility and decency personified and they possess the highest qualities and values of human heart. They are true in word, deed and thought, rarely get carried away or annoyed; hardly lose their cool and balance of mind. They rarely suffer from Nervous disorders and if, at all, they suffer, they recover quite quickly. They are popular due to their clean image, qualities and virtues of head and heart. They do not indulge or harp much upon sexual matters. 

Milk, butter, clarified butter, butter, whey, curd, vegetables and seasonal foods are their choice and preferred food items. These species are quite rare to find these days but are, by no means, extinct. They are sober, excellent advisers, well wishers, promoters of goodness and goodwill.

RAJSIK

Persons of Rajsik Prakriti (Trait or Nature) are haughty, short-tempered, rash, rough and tough, get enraged over even petty matters. They are good masters but rank bad subordinates due to their dominant and dashing approach to life. They are unrelenting and hard nuts to crack. They are very conscious and careful about their health; hence they love to eat meats, fish, poultry products, use liquor and other intoxicants in abundance. They are ‘quickies, instant decision’ makers, hasty, speedy and fast, valiant, and revel in sexuality due to high rise of libido. They make excellent warriors, soldiers, sepoys, security guards, policemen, dictators and rulers. Being rash and quickies, they antagonize others and, thus, earn their displeasure. Rest and slothness are alien to their nature.

These persons often suffer from insomnia, sleeplessness, headache, high blood pressure, heart disorders, digestion related upsets, joint pains, behavioral disorders and fall an easy prey to psychogenic disorders. In short most of their mental and Nervous disorders emanate from their furious and short-temper, arrogance, hot-headedness, and unrelenting and uncompromising attitude.

TAMSIK

Tamsik people are high rate gluttons, debauches, sex indulgent, sloth, happy-go-lucky, get-goers, easy-going, relish to have and enjoy rest and long sleep. They are profound alcoholics, smokers, drug addicts, disinclined to work shun to take to even minimal physical activity. Any attempt to exert or do even normal chores agitates them and sends shivers down their spines.

For sex, res, money and gluttony they can sacrifice anything. In short, such people enjoy wine, women and wealth with sheer abundance and indulgence. They are, by nature, easy to manage and control due to their easy-going nature, get rarely offended, cultivate hordes of friends, are jovial decent and accommodative. They are quite helpful to others and make sincere and affectionate friends.

Tamsik persons suffer from obesity, high blood pressure, arterio/athero secleosis, digestive and liver disorders, constipation/diarrhea, diabetes, gout, rheumatism, arthritic pains and aches in joints due to their lavish and lax living style. In short, their sluggishness, slothness and inactivity personified. Rest eating, sex are their avowed goals of life.