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lobhaḥ pravṛttirārambhaḥ karmaṇāmaśamaḥ spṛhā . rajasyetāni jāyante vivṛddhe bharatarṣabha
婆罗多族中最胜者啊，当激性（rajas）变得主导时，贪婪、活动、行动的开展、不安和渴望便会产生。
O best of the Bharata dynasty, when rajas becomes predominant, these come into being: avarice, movement, undertaking of actions, unrest and hankering.
贪婪：贪求、渴望占有他人财产，或虽已拥有足够财富却仍渴望更多。活动（Pravritti）：泛指行动。不安（Asamah）：因喜悦、执着等而躁动不安。“我将做这个，然后我将做那个行动。完成第二个后，我将做第三个，以此类推。”欲望、意志和行动的连续性永无止境，这被称为不安。渴望（Spriha）：泛指对所有感官对象的渴求或向往。这些是激性占据主导的特征标志。不要将激性的不安或激性的活动误认为是瑜伽（Karma Yoga）或神圣的活动。人们可能会说他们在无私地为世界服务，但如果你分析他们的动机，总会以某种形式带有个人欲望的痕迹。许多人甚至一刻也无法安静地坐着，他们认为四处走动或做些什么就是充满活力。而那些通过平息心智而静坐、身体上什么也不做的瑜伽士或圣人，却是全世界最活跃的人，而那些四处奔波、总是非常忙碌的人却什么也没做。这可能对你来说是矛盾的，很少有人能理解这句话的真相。悦性（Sattva）是强烈的活动。一个快速旋转的轮子看起来是静止的，悦性亦是如此，悦性之人亦是如此。
Greed Covetousness Desire to appropriate the property of others a desire to possess more wealth though one has sufficient already.Pravritti Action in general.Asamah Restlessness being agitated by joy? attachment? etc. I will do this and then I wil take up that action. After finishing the second? I will take up the third? and so on. There is no end to the continuity of desire? will and action. This is called Asama or restlessness.Spriha Thirsting or longing for all sensual objects in general.These are the characteristic marks that indicate that Rajas is predominant.Do not mistake Rajasic restlessness or Rajasic movements for Karma Yoga or divine activity. People may say that they are doing selfless service to the world? but if you analyse their motives,there will be the taint of personal desire in some form or other. Many persons cannot sit iet even for a moment. They think that moving about here and there or doing some action or other is to full of life. The Yogi or sage who sits still by calming the mind? who does nothing at all physically? is the most active man in the whole world whereas the man who runs here and there and who is always very busy does nothing at all. This may be paradoxical to you. Very few can comprehend the truth of this statement. Sattva is intense activity. A wheel that revolves very rapidly appears to be at rest. So is Sattva. So is a Sattvic man.