BG - 14.15

रजसि प्रलयं गत्वा कर्मसङ्गिषु जायते।तथा प्रलीनस्तमसि मूढयोनिषु जायते।।14.15।।

rajasi pralayaṁ gatvā karma-saṅgiṣhu jāyate tathā pralīnas tamasi mūḍha-yoniṣhu jāyate

• rajasi - in the mode of passion
• pralayam - death
• gatvā - attaining
• karma-saṅgiṣhu - among people driven by work
• jāyate - are born
• tathā - likewise
• pralīnaḥ - dying
• tamasi - in the mode of ignorance
• mūḍha-yoniṣhu - in the animal kingdom
• jāyate - takes birth

Translation

Meeting death in Rajas, he is born among those who are attached to action; and dying in Tamas, he is born in the womb of the thoughtless.

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