Chapter 14, Verse 7
रजो रागात्मकं विद्धि तृष्णासङ्गसमुद्भवम्। तन्निबध्नाति कौन्तेय कर्मसङ्गेन देहिनम्।।14.7।।
rajo rāgātmakaṃ viddhi tṛṣṇāsaṅgasamudbhavam. tannibadhnāti kaunteya karmasaṅgena dehinam.14.7.
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- रजः
- rajas (the quality of passion/activity)
- राग-आत्मकम्
- of the nature of attachment/passion
- विद्धि
- know (imperative)
- तृष्णा-सङ्ग-समुद्भवम्
- arising from craving and attachment
- तत्
- that (rajas)
- निबध्नाति
- binds
- कौन्तेय
- O son of Kunti (Arjuna)
- कर्म-सङ्गेन
- through attachment to action
- देहिनम्
- the embodied soul
Commentary
7. Know thou Rajas (to be) of the nature of passion, the source of thirst and attachment ; it binds fast, O son of Kunti, the embodied one by attachment to action.
Source: Alladi Mahadeva Sastri, The Bhagavad-Gita with the Commentary of Sri Shankaracharya (1897), public domain
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रजः
राग-आत्मकम्
विद्धि
तृष्णा-सङ्ग-समुद्भवम्
तत्
निबध्नाति
कौन्तेय
कर्म-सङ्गेन
देहिनम्
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