BG - 18.27

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

rāgī karma-phala-prepsur lubdho hinsātmako ‘śhuchiḥ harṣha-śhokānvitaḥ kartā rājasaḥ parikīrtitaḥ

• 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

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.

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