Chapter 14, Verse 12
लोभः प्रवृत्तिरारम्भः कर्मणामशमः स्पृहा। रजस्येतानि जायन्ते विवृद्धे भरतर्षभ।।14.12।।
lobhaḥ pravṛttirārambhaḥ karmaṇāmaśamaḥ spṛhā. rajasyetāni jāyante vivṛddhe bharatarṣabha.14.12.
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- लोभः (lobhaḥ)
- greed
- प्रवृत्तिः (pravṛttiḥ)
- impulse to action, restless activity
- आरम्भः (ārambhaḥ)
- undertaking, initiative (starting new endeavors)
- कर्मणाम् (karmaṇām)
- of actions (genitive plural)
- अशमः (aśamaḥ)
- lack of tranquility, restlessness
- स्पृहा (spṛhā)
- longing, craving
- रजसि (rajasi)
- when rajas (the guṇa of passion/activity) (is predominant); locative
- एतानि (etāni)
- these (qualities)
- जायन्ते (jāyante)
- arise, are born
- विवृद्धे (vivṛddhe)
- when increased/grown strong (locative absolute, agreeing with rajasi)
- भरतर्षभ (bharata-ṣabha)
- O best of the Bharatas (vocative address to Arjuna)
Commentary
12. Greed, activity, the undertaking of works, unrest, desire— these arise when Rajas is predomi- nant, O lord pf the Bharatas.
Source: Alladi Mahadeva Sastri, The Bhagavad-Gita with the Commentary of Sri Shankaracharya (1897), public domain
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लोभः (lobhaḥ)
प्रवृत्तिः (pravṛttiḥ)
आरम्भः (ārambhaḥ)
कर्मणाम् (karmaṇām)
अशमः (aśamaḥ)
स्पृहा (spṛhā)
रजसि (rajasi)
एतानि (etāni)
जायन्ते (jāyante)
विवृद्धे (vivṛddhe)
भरतर्षभ (bharata-ṣabha)
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