Gita Verse 18.27

Bhagavad Gita: Chapter 18, Verse 27

Sanskrit Verse

रागी कर्मफलप्रेप्सुर्लुब्धो हिंसात्मकोऽशुचिः।हर्षशोकान्वितः कर्ता राजसः परिकीर्तितः।।18.27।।

Transliteration

rāgī karma-phala-prepsur lubdho hinsātmako ‘śhuchiḥ

harṣha-śhokānvitaḥ kartā rājasaḥ parikīrtitaḥ

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

Swami Sivananda's translation

Passionate, desiring to obtain the reward of their actions, greedy, cruel, impure, moved by joy and sorrow, such an agent is said to be Rajasic.

Chapter link: Gita Chapter 18

Related Gunas: Rajas