Srimad Bhagavad-Gita : Chapter-18, Slokam - 27.
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Thursday, July 21. 2022. 20:30.
Chapter-18. Moksha-sannyasa-yogam.
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Slokam-27.
"Ragi karmaphalaprepsuh lubdho himsatmakosucih,
harshasokanvitah karta rajasah parikirtitah."
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Slokam-27.
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Translation :
Ragi = one who is very much attached to sensuous-objects and;
karma phala prepsuh = deep desire in the fruits of karmam and;
lubdhah = not fulfiled ( satisfied ) with any levels / more and more greedy and;
himsatmakah asucih = drohi ( one who inflict injury to others by thought, word, and activity ) and does not know what is purity and;
harsha-soka-anvitah karta = complicated, with joy and sorrow ( one could not manage / not a able manager of handling joy and sorrow equally );
rajasah parikirtitah = is called a Rajasan.
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Commentary :
Now Lord Krishna describes the nature of one performing activities in raja guna the mode of passion.
One who is ragi zealously ambitious in seeking fame, power, wealth, etc.
One who is prepsun always hankering for recompense and reward.
One who is as much or impure and greedy, envious and unrighteous causing injury to others by mental and physical cruelty.
Such a one who is never in equipoise, who rejoices at success but is depressed by failure is indisputably known to be situated in raja guna.
One who performs actions with an obsession to profit, who desires only to reap rewards, who is covetous of others possessions.
Who is greedy and malevolent, enacting unrighteous acts against others for material gain including killing.
Who is unclean internally and externally.
Who is elated by success but despondent in failure.
Such a one is irrevocably situated in raja guna the mode of passion.
One who is attached to actions due to craving for rewards, who is impelled by sense gratification, who is envious of others, who is greedy, unrighteous and prone to cruelty from an oppressive nature inhibiting the welfare of others.
Who is joyful gaining benefit but sorrowful at incurring loss. Such a one is undeniably situated in raja guna the mode of passion.
A person is too much attached to certain kind of work or to the result because he has too much attachment for materialism or hearth and home, wife and children.
Such a person has no desire for higher elevation of life.
He is simply concerned with making this world as materially comfortable as possible.
He is generally very greedy, and he thinks that anything attained by him is permanent and never to be lost.
Such a person is envious of others and prepared to do anything wrong for sense gratification.
Therefore such a person is unclean, and he does not care whether his earning is pure or impure.
He is very happy if his work is successful and very much distressed when his work is not successful.
Such is a man in the mode of passion.
To be continued ....
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