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Bhagavad Gita Chapter 14 Verse 7

भगवद् गीता अध्याय 14 श्लोक 7

रजो रागात्मकं विद्धि तृष्णासङ्गसमुद्भवम्।
तन्निबध्नाति कौन्तेय कर्मसङ्गेन देहिनम्।।14.7।।

English Translation - Dr. S. Sankaranarayan

14.7. You should know that the Rajas is of the nature of desire and is a source of craving-attachment; and it binds the embodied by the attachment to action, O son of Kunti !

English Translation of Commentary - Dr. S. Sankaranarayan

14.7 See Comment under 14.8

Transliteration Bhagavad Gita 14.7

Rajo raagaatmakam viddhi trishnaasangasamudbhavam; Tannibadhnaati kaunteya karmasangena dehinam.

Word Meanings Bhagavad Gita 14.7

rajaḥ—mode of passion; rāga-ātmakam—of the nature of passion; viddhi—know; tṛiṣhṇā—desires; saṅga—association; samudbhavam—arises from; tat—that; nibadhnāti—binds; kaunteya—Arjun, the son of Kunti; karma-saṅgena—through attachment to fruitive actions; dehinam—the embodied soul