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लोभः प्रवृत्तिरारम्भः कर्मणामशमः स्पृहा।रजस्येतानि जायन्ते विवृद्धे भरतर्षभ।।14.12।।

lobhaḥ pravṛittir ārambhaḥ karmaṇām aśhamaḥ spṛihā rajasy etāni jāyante vivṛiddhe bharatarṣhabha

Sanskrit Chant Recitation
Chapter 14, Verse 12
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Sanskrit to English Translation

Translator:
Greed, activity, the undertaking of actions, restlessness, and longing - these arise when Rajas is predominant, O Arjuna.

A Reading - Rantideb

Why: greed, activity, the undertaking of actions, restlessness, and craving, these arise when passion is increasing, again naming specific, recognizable behavioral markers for identifying when this more restless quality has taken the lead.

In life: a sudden surge of greed, restlessness, or compulsive activity in yourself is a useful, specific signal worth noticing directly, rather than just pushing through the feeling without naming what's actually happening.

Teaching: the next time you notice a sudden surge of greed or restless craving in yourself, name it directly as this specific quality currently rising, that naming alone can create a useful pause before you act purely on the restless impulse.

lobhaḥgreed
pravṛittiḥactivity
ārambhaḥexertion
karmaṇāmfor fruitive actions
aśhamaḥrestlessness
spṛihācraving
rajasiof the mode of passion
etānithese
jāyantedevelop
vivṛiddhewhen predominates
bharata-ṛiṣhabhathe best of the Bharatas, Arjun

Deep Classical Commentary (Bhashya)

Author:
14.12 लोभः greed? प्रवृत्तिः activity? आरम्भः the undertaking? कर्मणाम् of actions? अशमः restlessness? स्पृहा longing? रजसि in Rajas? एतानि these? जायन्ते arise? विवृद्धे having become predominant? भरतर्षभ O best of the Bharatas (or O Lord of the Bharatas).Commentary 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.