Chapter 14 · Verse 12The Three Modes of Nature
Bhagavad Gita 14.12
BG 14.12 — Chapter 14 (The Three Modes of Nature), Verse 12, with Sanskrit, transliteration & translation.
लोभः प्रवृत्तिरारम्भः कर्मणामशमः स्पृहा | रजस्येतानि जायन्ते विवृद्धे भरतर्षभ ||१४-१२||
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lobhaḥ pravṛttirārambhaḥ karmaṇāmaśamaḥ spṛhā . rajasyetāni jāyante vivṛddhe bharatarṣabha ||14-12||
Roman: lobhah pravrttirarambhah karmanamashamah sprha . rajasyetani jayante vivrddhe bharatarshabha
Greed, activity, the undertaking of actions, restlessness, longing these arise when Rajas is predominant, O Arjuna.