Shloka 7
Adhyāya 41 — Yudhiṣṭhira’s Gurv-anumati and Strategic Counsel (युधिष्ठिरस्य गुर्वनुमतिः)
रजो रागात्मकं विद्धि तृष्णासड्रसमुद्धवम् । तन्निबध्नाति कौन्तेय कर्मसड्रेन देहिनम्
rajo rāgātmakaṁ viddhi tṛṣṇā-saṅga-samudbhavam | tan nibadhnāti kaunteya karma-saṅgena dehinam ||
အာရ္ဇုနာ၊ ရဇကို ရာဂ (စိတ်လှုပ်ရှားသောလိုလားမှု) သဘောရှိသည်ဟု သိလော့။ ၎င်းသည် တဏှာနှင့် အာသက်တရားမှ ပေါ်ထွန်းလာ၏။ ကုန္တီ၏သားရေ၊ ၎င်းသည် ကိုယ်ခန္ဓာရှိသူကို ကမ္မနှင့် ကမ္မဖလတို့အပေါ် ဆက်နွယ်မှုဖြင့် ချည်နှောင်၏။
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.