Bhagavad Gita
An Interactive Study
Verse 6
Chapter 14
Verse 7 of 27
Verse 8
Verse 14.07
रजो रागात्मकं विद्धि तृष्णासङ्गसमुद्भवम्। तन्निबध्नाति कौन्तेय कर्मसङ्गेन देहिनम् ॥14.7॥
14.07 rajo rāgātmakaṃ viddhi tṛṣṇāsaṅgasamudbhavam tan nibadhnāti kaunteya karmasaṅgena dehinam
Translations
|
BradOriginal Translation

Know that passion (rajas) is of the nature of attraction, arising from craving and attachment. It binds fast, O son of Kunti (Kaunteya), the embodied one (dehin) by attachment to action (karma).

Stoller MillerLiterary

Know that passion is emotional, born of craving and attachment; it binds the embodied self with attachment to action.

ZaehnerJesuit

(7) Passion is instinct with desire, [this] know. From craving and attachment it wells up. It binds the embodied [self] by f causing it] to ding to works.

GambhiranandaAdvaita

14.7 Know rajas to be of the nature of passion, born of hankering and attachment. O son of Kuntī, that binds the embodied one through attachment to action.

AdidevanandaVishishtadvaita

14.7 Know, O Arjuna, that Rajas is of the nature of passion springing from thirst and attachment. It binds the embodied self with attachment to work.

SivanandaVedanta

14.7 Know thou Rajas to be of the nature of passion, the source of thirst (for sensual enjoyment) and attachment; it binds fast, O Arjuna, the embodied one by attachment to action.

Commentaries

English
Sanskrit Original
Verse 6
Chapter 14
Verse 7 of 27
Verse 8