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Bhagavad Gita 14.15

रजसि प्रलयं गत्वा कर्मसङ्गिषु जायते।तथा प्रलीनस्तमसि मूढयोनिषु जायते।।

rajasi pralayaṁ gatvā karma-saṅgiṣhu jāyate tathā pralīnas tamasi mūḍha-yoniṣhu jāyate

Word-by-Word

SanskritTransliterationMeaning
rajasirajasiin the mode of passion
pralayampralayamdeath
gatvāgatvāattaining
karma-saṅgiṣhukarma-saṅgiṣhuamong people driven by work
jāyatejāyateare born
tathātathālikewise
pralīnaḥpralīnaḥdying
tamasitamasiin the mode of ignorance
mūḍha-yoniṣhumūḍha-yoniṣhuin the animal kingdom
jāyatejāyatetakes birth

Meeting death in Rajas, he is born among those who are attached to action; and dying in Tamas, he is born in the womb of the thoughtless.

रजोगुण के प्रवृद्ध काल में मृत्यु को प्राप्त होकर कर्मासक्ति वाले (मनुष्य) लोक में वह जन्म लेता है तथा तमोगुण के प्रवृद्धकाल में (मरण होने पर) मूढ़योनि में जन्म लेता है।।