रागी कर्मफलप्रेप्सुर्लुब्धो हिंसात्मकोऽशुचिः ।हर्षशोकान्वितः कर्ता राजसः परिकीर्तितः ॥
rāgī karmaphalaprepsur lubdho hiṃsātmako 'śuciḥ |harṣaśokānvitaḥ kartā rājasaḥ parikīrtitaḥ ||
- रागी · rāgī
- passionate, attached
- कर्मफलप्रेप्सुः · karmaphalaprepsuḥ
- craving the fruit of action
- लुब्धः · lubdhaḥ
- greedy
- हिंसात्मकः · hiṃsātmakaḥ
- harmful by nature
- अशुचिः · aśuciḥ
- impure
- हर्षशोकान्वितः · harṣaśokānvitaḥ
- prey to elation and grief
- कर्ता · kartā
- the doer
- राजसः · rājasaḥ
- rajasic
- परिकीर्तितः · parikīrtitaḥ
- declared
“Passionate, craving the fruit of action, greedy, harmful, impure, tossed between elation and grief — such a doer is declared rajasic.”
— Original plain-language translation
The rajasic doer is ruled by appetite: grasping at results, careless of means, swinging with every outcome. Note how impurity here is ethical, not ritual — willingness to harm for gain. The elation-grief pendulum is the sure diagnostic of fruit-clinging.
— Reader's notes (original)