Bhagavad Gita/bg.14.12

Verse 14.12

bg.14.12

Sanskrit

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

Sanskrit (gita/gita data/verse.json)

Transliteration

lobhaḥ pravṛittir ārambhaḥ karmaṇām aśhamaḥ spṛihā rajasy etāni jāyante vivṛiddhe bharatarṣhabha

Transliteration (gita/gita data/verse.json)

English

Greed, activity, the undertaking of actions, restlessness, and longing—these arise when Rajas is predominant, O Arjuna.

English — Swami Sivananda (praneshp1org/Bhagavad-Gita-JSON-data translation.json)

Hindi

।।14.12।।हे भरतवंशमें श्रेष्ठ अर्जुन ! रजोगुणके बढ़नेपर लोभ, प्रवृत्ति, कर्मोंका आरम्भ, अशान्ति और स्पृहा -- ये वृत्तियाँ पैदा होती हैं।

Hindi — Swami Ramsukhdas (praneshp1org/Bhagavad-Gita-JSON-data translation.json)

Modern English

lobhaḥ—greed; pravṛittiḥ—activity; ārambhaḥ—exertion; karmaṇām—for fruitive actions; aśhamaḥ—restlessness; spṛihā—craving; rajasi—of the mode of passion; etāni—these; jāyante—develop; vivṛiddhe—when predominates; bharata-ṛiṣhabha—the best of the Bharatas, Arjun;

Word meanings (gita/gita data/verse.json)

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