Bhagavad Gita 14.7
रजो रागात्मकं विद्धि तृष्णासङ्गसमुद्भवम्।तन्निबध्नाति कौन्तेय कर्मसङ्गेन देहिनम्।।
rajo rāgātmakaṁ viddhi tṛiṣhṇā-saṅga-samudbhavam tan nibadhnāti kaunteya karma-saṅgena dehinam
Word-by-Word
| Sanskrit | Transliteration | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| rajaḥ | rajaḥ | mode of passion |
| rāga-ātmakam | rāga-ātmakam | of the nature of passion |
| viddhi | viddhi | know |
| tṛiṣhṇā | tṛiṣhṇā | desires |
| saṅga | saṅga | association |
| samudbhavam | samudbhavam | arises from |
| tat | tat | that |
| nibadhnāti | nibadhnāti | binds |
| kaunteya | kaunteya | Arjun, the son of Kunti |
| karma-saṅgena | karma-saṅgena | through attachment to fruitive actions |
| dehinam | dehinam | the embodied soul |
Know, O Arjuna, that Rajas is of the nature of passion, the source of thirst and attachment; it binds fast the embodied one by attachment to action.
हे कौन्तेय ! रजोगुण को रागस्वरूप जानो, जिससे तृष्णा और आसक्ति उत्पन्न होती है। वह देही आत्मा को कर्मों की आसक्ति से बांधता है।।