Bhagavad Gita — BG14.12
Chapter 14: Guṇa Traya Vibhāg Yog · Verse 12 of 27
संस्कृत श्लोक · Sanskrit Shloka
लोभः प्रवृत्तिरारम्भः कर्मणामशमः स्पृहा |
रजस्येतानि जायन्ते विवृद्धे भरतर्षभ ||१४-१२||
Transliteration
lobhaḥ pravṛttirārambhaḥ karmaṇāmaśamaḥ spṛhā . rajasyetāni jāyante vivṛddhe bharatarṣabha ||14-12||
हिन्दी अनुवाद · Hindi Translation
हे भरत-श्रेष्ठ ! रजोगुण के प्रवृद्ध होने पर लोभ, प्रवृत्ति (सामान्य चेष्टा) कर्मों का आरम्भ, शम का अभाव तथा स्पृहा, ये सब उत्पन्न होते हैं।।
English Translation
O best of the Bharata dynasty, when rajas becomes predominant, these come into being: avarice, movement, undertaking of actions, unrest and hankering.
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Guṇa Traya Vibhāg Yog — Yoga through Understanding the Three Modes of Material Nature
About Chapter 14: Gunatraya Vibhaga Yoga
The fourteenth chapter of the Bhagavad Gita is Gunatraya Vibhaga Yoga. In this chapter, Krishna reveals the three gunas (modes) of the material nature - goodness, passion and ignorance which everything in the material existence is influenced by. He further explains the essential characteristics of e…
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Bhagavad Gita BG14.12 is verse 12 of Chapter 14 — Gunatraya Vibhaga Yoga (Guṇa Traya Vibhāg Yog). This chapter is called Yoga through Understanding the Three Modes of Material Nature. The English translation is: “O best of the Bharata dynasty, when rajas becomes predominant, these come into being: avarice, movement, undertaking of actions, unrest and hankering.”.