Learn·Chapter 14 · The three qualities·Verse 7 of 27
Bhagavad Gītā 14.7, word by word
BG 14.7
रजो रागात्मकं विद्धि तृष्णासङ्गसमुद्भवम्।तन्निबध्नाति कौन्तेय कर्मसङ्गेन देहिनम्
rajo rāgātmakaṁ viddhi tṛiṣhṇā-saṅga-samudbhavam tan nibadhnāti kaunteya karma-saṅgena dehinam
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In English
Passion, engendered by thirst for pleasure and attachment, binds the soul through its fondness for activities.
Translated by Shri Purohit Swami
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.
Translated by Swami Sivananda
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