Bhagavad Gita Chapter 18 Verse 27
भगवद् गीता अध्याय 18 श्लोक 27

रागी कर्मफलप्रेप्सुर्लुब्धो हिंसात्मकोऽशुचिः।
हर्षशोकान्वितः कर्ता राजसः परिकीर्तितः।।18.27।।



English Translation - Swami Gambirananda
18.27 The agent who has attachment, who is desirous of the results of actions, covetous, cruel by nature, unclean and subject to joy and sorrow is declared to be possessed of rajas.


English Translation of Ramanuja's Sanskrit Commentary
18.27 The passionate doer is one who aspires for fame; who seeks the fruits of his acts is one who longs for the fruits of his acts; the greedy is he who does not spend the wealth reired for the act; the harmful is one, who while acting, hurts others; the impure, is one who lacks the purity reired for the act; who is moved by delight and grief in war etc., is one who is elated or depressed by success or failure in victory (or the opposite) - a doer who fulfils these conditions is declared to be Rajasika.


Transliteration Bhagavad Gita 18.27Raagee karmaphalaprepsur lubdho himsaatmako’shuchih;
Harshashokaanvitah kartaa raajasah parikeertitah.


Word Meanings Bhagavad Gita 18.27rāgī—craving; karma-phala—fruit of work; prepsuḥ—covet; lubdhaḥ—greedy; hinsā-ātmakaḥ—violent-natured; aśhuchiḥ—impure; harṣha-śhoka-anvitaḥ—moved by joy and sorrow; kartā—performer; rājasaḥ—in the mode of passion; parikīrtitaḥ—is declared