रजो रागात्मकं विद्धि तृष्णासङ्गसमुद्भवम् | तन्निबध्नाति कौन्तेय कर्मसङ्गेन देहिनम्
rajo rāgātmakaṃ viddhi tṛṣṇāsaṅgasamudbhavam . tannibadhnāti kaunteya karmasaṅgena dehinam
ரஜோ குணத்தை ஆசை மற்றும் பற்றுதலால் உண்டாகும் பற்றுதலின் தன்மை உடையதாக அறிவாயாக. குந்தி மைந்தனே, அது செயல்களின் மீதான பற்றுதலால் உடலைத் தரித்தவனைப் பிணைக்கிறது.
Know rajas to be of the nature of passion, born of hankering and attachment. O son of Kunti, that binds the embodied one through attachment to action.
ரஜோ குணம் என்பது ஆசை, பற்றுதல் ஆகியவற்றால் உண்டாகும் பற்றுதலின் தன்மையைக் கொண்டது. இது ஒருவனைத் தனது ஆசைகளை நிறைவேற்றத் தூண்டி, செயல்களின் மீதான பற்றுதலால் உடலைத் தரித்த ஆத்மாவைப் பிணைக்கிறது. ரஜோ குணம் கொண்டவன் பேராசையுடனும், அமைதியற்றவனாகவும், எப்போதும் புதிய செயல்களில் ஈடுபடுபவனாகவும் இருப்பான்.
The ality of Rajas denotes activity and ambition. The Rajasic man is full of cravings and desires. The cravings force him to act for their fulfilment. He gets attached to those who help him in the fulfilment of his desire and hates those who stand in his way. He is attached to action. He enters on great undertakings. He performs various sorts of sacrifices and rituals and charitable activities. He runs after sensual pleasures and his desires become insatiable like a flame fed by oil. The Self is not the doer. It is the silent witness but Rajas creates in the man the idea? I am the doer.Rajas pleases the mind and keeps alive the passions.A Rajasic man is never contented. He is ever greedy and restless. The more he acires? the more passionate and greedy he becomes. Desires multiply. Nothing gives him satisfaction. If he is a millionaire? he tries to become a multimillionaire. It is like petrol poured into the fire? which inflames it further. A Rajasic man loses his understanding and power of discrimination. His understanding is clouded. He is under intoxication of the pride of wealth. His intellect is turbid. He has a perverted intellect. On account of perversion of intellect misery appears to him to be happiness pain appears to him to be pleasure sorrow appears to be joy. His goal is money and women. He worships mammon as his god.He runs after name? fame and comforts and involves himself in endless activities. Quickness has been associated with the fish? with the flash of lightning and with the glance of a woman. But Rajas is icker than these. A Rajasic man is more active than these. He thinks What will happen to me after my possessions are gone and thus worries himself unnecessarily and engages himself in endless activities. He has no peace of mind.He thirsts for what has not been attained and is attached to what has already been obtained. He wishes and tries to protect his possessions. This is Sanga. I will do such and such an action. I will get such and such a result. I will do this sacrifice. I will enjoy in heaven. This sort of clinging to action and its fruits is Karma Sanga.