Yoga through Understanding the Three Modes of Material Nature

Shloka 14.12

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BHAGAVAD GITA · 14.12

लोभः प्रवृत्तिरारम्भः कर्मणामशमः स्पृहा | रजस्येतानि जायन्ते विवृद्धे भरतर्षभ ||१४-१२||

Transliteration · pronunciation guide

lobhaḥ pravṛttirārambhaḥ karmaṇāmaśamaḥ spṛhā . rajasyetāni jāyante vivṛddhe bharatarṣabha ||14-12||

English translation

14.12 Greed, activity, the undertaking of actions, restlessness, longing these arise when Rajas is predominant, O Arjuna.

Translation: Swami Sivananda · Sources & context

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