BG - 14.12

लोभः प्रवृत्तिरारम्भः कर्मणामशमः स्पृहा।रजस्येतानि जायन्ते विवृद्धे भरतर्षभ।।14.12।।

lobhaḥ pravṛittir ārambhaḥ karmaṇām aśhamaḥ spṛihā rajasy etāni jāyante vivṛiddhe bharatarṣhabha

• lobhaḥ - greed
• pravṛittiḥ - activity
• ārambhaḥ - exertion
• karmaṇām - for fruitive actions
• aśhamaḥ - restlessness
• spṛihā - craving
• rajasi - of the mode of passion
• etāni - these
• jāyante - develop
• vivṛiddhe - when predominates
• bharata-ṛiṣhabha - the best of the Bharatas, Arjun
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Translation

Greed, activity, the undertaking of actions, restlessness, and longing—these arise when Rajas is predominant, O Arjuna.

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