Bhagavad Gita
    Chapter 14 · The Three Qualities

    Verse 12

    Sanskrit Text — Chapter 14, Verse 12

    लोभः प्रवृत्तिरारम्भः कर्मणामशमः स्पृहा।रजस्येतानि जायन्ते विवृद्धे भरतर्षभ।।14.12।।

    Transliteration (IAST)

    lobhaḥ pravṛittir ārambhaḥ karmaṇām aśhamaḥ spṛihā rajasy etāni jāyante vivṛiddhe bharatarṣhabha

    Translation

    Greed, activity, undertaking of work, restlessness, and longing—these arise, O Arjuna, when Rajas predominates.
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