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Shloka 27

भीष्मविक्रमदर्शनं तथा क्रौञ्चारुणव्यूहविधानम् | Bhīṣma’s Ascendancy and the Organization of the Krauñcāruṇa Formation

रागीः कर्मफलप्रेप्सुर्लुब्धोः 3 हिंसात्मको5शुचि:* ५ | हर्षशोकान्वित: कर्ता राजस: परिकीर्तित:

rāgī karmaphalaprepsur lubdho hiṁsātmako 'śuciḥ | harṣaśokānvitaḥ kartā rājasaḥ parikīrtitaḥ ||

ਜੋ ਕਰਤਾ ਆਸਕਤੀ ਨਾਲ ਯੁਕਤ ਹੈ, ਕਰਮ ਦੇ ਫਲ ਦੀ ਲਾਲਸਾ ਰੱਖਦਾ ਹੈ, ਲੋਭੀ ਹੈ, ਹਿੰਸਕ ਸੁਭਾਵ ਵਾਲਾ ਹੈ, ਅਸ਼ੁੱਧ ਆਚਰਨ ਵਾਲਾ ਹੈ ਅਤੇ ਹರ್ಷ-ਸ਼ੋਕ ਵਿੱਚ ਫਸਿਆ ਰਹਿੰਦਾ ਹੈ—ਉਹ ਰਾਜਸ ਕਰਤਾ ਕਿਹਾ ਗਿਆ ਹੈ।

रागीattached, passionate
रागी:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootरागिन्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
कर्मफलप्रेप्सुःdesirous of the fruit of actions
कर्मफलप्रेप्सुः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootकर्मफल-प्रेप्सु
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
लुब्धःgreedy
लुब्धः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootलुब्ध
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
हिंसात्मकःof violent nature
हिंसात्मकः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootहिंसा-आत्मक
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
अशुचिःimpure
अशुचिः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootअशुचि
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
हर्षशोकान्वितःendowed with joy and sorrow
हर्षशोकान्वितः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootहर्ष-शोक-अन्वित
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
कर्ताdoer, agent
कर्ता:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootकर्तृ
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
राजसःrajasic (of rajas)
राजसः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootराजस
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
परिकीर्तितःis declared, is said
परिकीर्तितः:
TypeVerb
Rootपरि-कीर्त्
FormPerfect passive participle (past), Singular

अजुन उवाच

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Arjuna

Educational Q&A

A rājasa doer is defined by attachment and craving for results, greed, harmfulness, impurity of conduct, and emotional volatility (elation and grief). The teaching evaluates action by inner motive: when desire and agitation dominate, conduct becomes ethically compromised and unstable.

Within Bhīṣma Parva’s instruction on conduct and qualities, Arjuna voices (or frames) a definition of the rājasa type of agent. The verse functions as a moral-psychological classification, contrasting rājasa motivation with more disciplined or clearer modes of action.