18.27 रागी कर्मफलप्रेप्सुर्लुब्धो हिंसात्मकोऽशुचिः।हर्षशोकान्वितः कर्ता राजसः परिकीर्तितः
rāgī karma
Word meanings
rāgī—craving;karma-phala—fruit of work;prepsuḥ—covet;lubdhaḥ—greedy;hinsā-ātmakaḥ—violent-natured;aśhuchiḥ—impure;harṣha-śhoka-anvitaḥ—moved by joy and sorrow;kartā—performer;rājasaḥ—in the mode of passion;parikīrtitaḥ—is declared
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Divine Verses of the Bhagavad Gita • Swami Dayananda Saraswati
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The agent, who is a man of passion, who craves the fruit of his actions, and is avaricious; who is injurious by nature, impure, and is overpowered by joy and grief—that agent is proclaimed to be of the Rajas (Strand).
In him who is impulsive, greedy, looking for reward, violent, impure, torn between joy and sorrow,it may be assumed that in him Passion is predominant.
That doer is called Rajasika who is passionate, who seeks the fruits of his acts, who is greedy, harmful, impure and who is moved by delight and grief.
The agent who has attachment, who is desirous of the results of actions, covetous, cruel by nature, unclean and subject to joy and sorrow is declared to be possessed of rajas.
Passionate, desiring to obtain the rewards of actions, cruel, greedy, impure, moved by joy and sorrow, such an agent is said to be Rajasic.
18.29 बुद्धेर्भेदं धृतेश्चैव गुणतस्त्रिविधं श्रृणु।प्रोच्यमानमशेषेण पृथक्त्वेन धनञ्जय
buddher
Word meanings
buddheḥ—of intellect;bhedam—the distinctions;dhṛiteḥ—of determination;cha—and;eva—certainly;guṇataḥ tri-vidham—according to the three modes of material nature;śhṛiṇu—hear;prochyamānam—described;aśheṣheṇa—in detail;pṛithaktvena—distinctly;dhanañjaya—conqueror of wealth, Arjun
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Divine Verses of the Bhagavad Gita • Swami Dayananda Saraswati
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You must listen to Me as I expound the three-fold division of the intellect and content, both completely and individually, based on the Strands, O Dhananjaya!
Reason and conviction are threefold, according to the Quality which is dominant. I will explain them fully and severally, O Arjuna!
Hear now, the threefold division of Buddhi (reason) and Dhrti (fortitude), O Arjuna, according to the Gunas, fully and severally to be set forth.
O Dhananjaya, listen to the classification of the intellect as also of fortitude, which is threefold according to the gunas, while it is being stated elaborately and severally.
Hear thou the threefold division of the intellect and firmness according to the Gunas, as I declare them fully and distinctly, O Arjuna!
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मोक्षसंन्यासयोग
Chapter 18: Free Yourself Through Renunciation
mokṣasaṃnyāsayoga
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18.28 अयुक्तः प्राकृतः स्तब्धः शठो नैष्कृतिकोऽलसः।विषादी दीर्घसूत्री च कर्ता तामस उच्यते
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Word meanings
ayuktaḥ—undisciplined;prākṛitaḥ—vulgar;stabdhaḥ—obstinate;śhaṭhaḥ—cunning;naiṣhkṛitikaḥ—dishonest or vile;alasaḥ—slothful;viṣhādī—unhappy and morose;dīrgha-sūtrī—procrastinating;cha—and;kartā—performer;tāmasaḥ—in the mode of ignorance;uchyate—is said to be
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Divine Verses of the Bhagavad Gita • Swami Dayananda Saraswati
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The agent who does not exert is vulgar, obstinate, and deceitful; they are a man of wickedness and are lazy, sorrowful, and procrastinating—such an agent is said to be of the Tamas strand.
While he whose purpose is infirm, who is low-minded, stubborn, dishonest, malicious, indolent, despondent, procrastinating - he may be assumed to be in Darkness.
That doer is said to be Tamasika who is unqualified, unrefined, stubborn, depraved, dishonest, indolent, despondent and dilatory.
The agent who is unsteady, naive, unbending, deceitful, wicked, [A variant reading is naikrtikah.-Tr.] lazy, morose and procrastinating is said to be possessed of tamas.
Unsteady, dejected, unbending, cheating, malicious, vulgar, lazy and proscrastinating–such an agent is called Tamasic.
