Bhagavad Gita Bhashya (Adi Shankaracharya) 14.7
Bhagavad Gita Bhashya (Adi Shankaracharya) 14.7 · 14 · Verse 7
Sanskrit Original
।।14.7।। --,रजः रागात्मकं रञ्जनात् रागः गैरिकादिवद्रागात्मकं विद्धि जानीहि। तृष्णासङ्गसमुद्भवं तृष्णा अप्राप्ताभिलाषः? आसङ्गः प्राप्ते विषये मनसः प्रीतिलक्षणः संश्लेषः? तृष्णासङ्गयोः समुद्भवं तृष्णासङ्गसमुद्भवम्। तन्निबध्नाति तत् रजः निबध्नाति कौन्तेय कर्मसङ्गेन? दृष्टादृष्टार्थेषु कर्मसु सञ्जनं तत्परता कर्मसङ्गः? तेन निबध्नाति रजः देहिनम्।।
14.7 Viddhi, know; rajas to be ragatmakam, of the nature of passion (-raga is derived in the sense of that which colours-), having the property of colouring, like the ochre pigment etc.; trsna-asanga-samud-bhavam, born of hankering and attachment-hankering is the longing for things not acired; attachment is the clining-of the nature of fondness-of the mind to things in possession. O son of Kunti, tat, that, that rajas; nibadhnati, binds; dehinam, the embodied one; karma-sangena, through attachment to actions. Deep involvement in actions related to seen or unseen objects is karmasangah. Rajas binds through that.