The Gita

Chapter 18 · Verse 27 of 78

The Yoga of Liberation through Renunciation

मोक्षसन्न्यासयोग

Meaning

Supreme God Krishna spoke

A doer who is passionate, greedy for the outcomes of their actions, possesses a ruthless or violent nature, has an impure mind, and oscillates between elation and depression is labeled as a Passional (Rajasic) doer. (18:27)

Sanskrit

श्रीभगवान् उवाच

रागी कर्मफलप्रेप्सुर्लुब्धो हिंसात्मकोऽशुचिः ।

हर्षशोकान्वितः कर्ता राजसः परिकीर्तितः॥

Word-by-word

रागी, कर्म-फल-प्र-इप्सुः, लुब्धः, हिंसा-आत्मकः अ-शुचिः,

हर्ष-शोक-अन्वितः — कर्ता 'राजसः' परि-कीर्तितः।

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