Shloka 7
Adhyāya 41 — Yudhiṣṭhira’s Gurv-anumati and Strategic Counsel (युधिष्ठिरस्य गुर्वनुमतिः)
रजो रागात्मकं विद्धि तृष्णासड्रसमुद्धवम् । तन्निबध्नाति कौन्तेय कर्मसड्रेन देहिनम्,हे अर्जुन! रागरूप रजोगुणको कामना और आसक्तिसे उत्पन्न जान*। वह इस जीवात्माको कर्मोके और उनके फलके सम्बन्धसे बाँधता है:
rajo rāgātmakaṁ viddhi tṛṣṇā-saṅga-samudbhavam | tan nibadhnāti kaunteya karma-saṅgena dehinam ||
হে অৰ্জুন! ৰজোগুণক ৰাগস্বভাৱ বুলি জান; ই তৃষ্ণা আৰু আসক্তিৰ পৰা উৎপন্ন। হে কৌন্তেয়! ই দেহীক কৰ্মৰ আসক্তি (আৰু কৰ্মফলৰ লিপ্সা) দ্বাৰা বদ্ধ কৰে।
अजुन उवाच
Educational Q&A
Rajas is identified as passion born of craving and attachment; it binds the embodied self by creating involvement in action and especially in the pursuit of results, leading to continual restlessness and moral-spiritual entanglement.
In the teaching on the three guṇas, Kṛṣṇa explains to Arjuna how each guṇa operates. Here he defines rajas and describes its mechanism of bondage: it drives the person into action fueled by desire and attachment, tying the self to outcomes.