BG - 14.7

रजो रागात्मकं विद्धि तृष्णासङ्गसमुद्भवम्।तन्निबध्नाति कौन्तेय कर्मसङ्गेन देहिनम्।।14.7।।

rajo rāgātmakaṁ viddhi tṛiṣhṇā-saṅga-samudbhavam tan nibadhnāti kaunteya karma-saṅgena dehinam

• rajaḥ - mode of passion
• rāga-ātmakam - of the nature of passion
• viddhi - know
• tṛiṣhṇā - desires
• saṅga - association
• samudbhavam - arises from
• tat - that
• nibadhnāti - binds
• kaunteya - Arjun, the son of Kunti
• karma-saṅgena - through attachment to fruitive actions
• dehinam - the embodied soul

Translation

Know, O Arjuna, that Rajas is of the nature of passion, the source of thirst and attachment; it binds fast the embodied one by attachment to action.

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