लोभः प्रवृत्तिरारम्भः कर्मणामशमः स्पृहा ।रजस्येतानि जायन्ते विवृद्धे भरतर्षभ ॥
lobhaḥ pravṛttir ārambhaḥ karmaṇām aśamaḥ spṛhā |rajasy etāni jāyante vivṛddhe bharatarṣabha ||
- लोभः · lobhaḥ
- greed
- प्रवृत्तिः · pravṛttiḥ
- restless activity
- आरम्भः · ārambhaḥ
- undertaking, launching of enterprises
- कर्मणाम् · karmaṇām
- of actions
- अशमः · aśamaḥ
- restlessness, lack of calm
- स्पृहा · spṛhā
- craving, longing
- रजसि · rajasi
- when passion
- एतानि · etāni
- these
- जायन्ते · jāyante
- arise
- विवृद्धे · vivṛddhe
- when increased
- भरतर्षभ · bharatarṣabha
- O best of Bharatas
“Greed, driven activity, the launching of ventures, restlessness, and craving — these arise when passion is ascendant, O best of Bharatas.”
— Original plain-language translation
The marks of rajas are all too familiar: wanting more, starting more, resting less. Naming them as symptoms rather than identity is itself liberating — you are the observer, not the restlessness. Rajas is useful as energy but ruinous as master.
— Reader's notes (original)