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 ||
当知罗阇之性为贪染（rāga），由渴爱与执著而生。昆蒂之子啊，它以对行为及其果报的系著，缚住具身之我，使之沉入躁动的追逐，而非安住于稳固的辨知。
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.