Gita Bhashya (Sri Ramanujacharya) 14.12
Gita Bhashya (Sri Ramanujacharya) 14.12 · 14 · Verse 12
Sanskrit Original
।।14.12।।लोभः स्वकीयद्रव्यस्य अत्यागशीलता। प्रवृत्तिः प्रयोजनम् अनुद्दिश्य अपि चलनस्वभावता। आरम्भः,कर्मणां फलसाधनभूतानां कर्मणाम् आरम्भे उद्योगः। अशमः इन्द्रियानुपरतिः। स्पृहा विषयेच्छा। एतानि रजसि प्रवृद्धे जायन्ते। यदा लोभादयो वर्तन्ते? तदा रजः प्रवृद्धम् इति विद्याद् इत्यर्थः।
14.12 'Greed' is the tendency not to spend one's own property. 'Activity' is the disposition to be active devoid of any purpose. 'Undertaking of works' is engagement in works which yield fruits. 'Unrest' is absence of rest of sense-activities. 'Longing' is the desire for sense objects. These predominate when Rajas has increased. The meaning is that whenever greed etc., prevail, then one should know that Rajas has very much increased.