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Bhagavad Gītā Chapter 14, Verse 7: Krishna to Arjuna — Guṇatraya-Vibhāga-Yoga

Bhagavad Gītā 14.7Chapter 14 · Guṇatraya-Vibhāga-Yoga · Krishna → Arjuna · Kaunteya · anuṣṭubh
रजो रागात्मकं विद्धि तृष्णासङ्गसमुद्भवम् ।
तन् निबध्नाति कौन्तेय कर्मसङ्गेन देहिनम् ॥
rajo rāg← rāga(11 verses)compound (compound member)passion, attachment, colorātmakaṃ← ātmaka(6 verses)accusative neuter singular nounhaving the nature of (ātman + -ka 'pertaining to') viddhi← √vid(76 verses)present imperative 2nd person singular verbto know; to find (verbal root)attested in commentariesadvaitaजानीहिbhakti। अतएव तृष्णासङ्गसमुद्भवम्। तृष्णा अप्राप्तेऽर्थेऽभिलाषः, सङ्गः प्राप्तेऽर्थे प्रीतिर्विशषेणासक्तिस्तयोस्तृष्णासङ्गयोः सadvaita-bhakti। अतएव अप्राप्ताभिलाषस्तृष्णा, प्राप्तस्योपस्थितेऽपि विनाशे संरक्षणाभिलाष आसङ्गतयोस्तृष्णासङ्गयोः संभवो यस्मात्तद्रजो नि tṛṣṇā← tṛṣṇācompound (compound member)thirst, craving (from √tṛṣ)saṅga← saṅga(20 verses)compound (compound member)attachment, contact (= saṅga in earlier dict — alternate spelling)-samudbhavam← samudbhava(5 verses)accusative neuter singular nounorigin (sam- + ud- 'up' + √bhū 'become')
tan nibadhnāti← ni-√bandh(9 verses)present indicative 3rd person singular verbto bind, tie down (ni- + √bandh)attested in commentariesviśiṣṭādvaitaक्रियासु हि स्पृहया याः क्रिया आरभते देही, ताःadvaita-bhaktiहे कौन्तेय, कर्मसङ्गेन कर्मसु दृष्टादृष्टार्थेषु अहमिदं करोम्येतत्फलं भोक्ष्य इत्यभिनिवेशविशेषेण देहिनं वस्तुतोऽकर्तारम kaunteya← kaunteya(25 verses)vocative masculine singular nounson of Kuntī (epithet of Arjuna)attested in commentariesadvaitaकर्मसङ्गेन, दृष्टादृष्टार्थेषु कर्मसु सञ्जनं तत्परता कर्मसङ्गः, तेन निबध्नाति रजः देहिनम्advaita-bhakti, कर्मसङ्गेन कर्मसु दृष्टादृष्टार्थेषु अहमिदं करोम्येतत्फलं भोक्ष्य इत्यभिनिवेशविशेषेण देहिनं वस्तुतोऽकर्तारमेव कर्तृत्व karma← karman(144 verses)compound (compound member)action, deed, the law of action-saṅgena← saṅga(20 verses)instrumental masculine singular nounattachment, contact (= saṅga in earlier dict — alternate spelling) dehinam← dehin(10 verses)accusative masculine singular nounembodied being; the soul in a body
spokensingle-voice recital; rendered via IndicF5 conditioned on a Sanskrit reference clip
meaning

Know rajas as passion-natured, born of craving for what you lack and clinging to what you have; through that hunger for results, it binds the embodied soul to action.