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Bhagavad Gita Chapter 18, Verse 27

Liberation Through Surrender

रागी कर्मफलप्रेप्सुर्लुब्धो हिंसात्मकोऽशुचिः।हर्षशोकान्वितः कर्ता राजसः परिकीर्तितः

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

What does Bhagavad Gita 18.27 mean?

The doer who is passionate, who craves the fruits of action, who is greedy, violent by nature, impure, and subject to joy and sorrow, is declared to be rajasic.

Word-by-word meaning

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

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