Bhagavad Gita 18.27 meaningLetting go — and standing up
In simple wordsSo simple a child gets it
“A greedy, harmful, up-and-down worker is restless.”
What it means
“A doer who is attached, hungry for results, greedy, harmful, impure and swinging between joy and sorrow is restless.”
The original Sanskrit
रागी कर्मफलप्रेप्सुर्लुब्धो हिंसात्मकोऽशुचिः । हर्षशोकान्वितः कर्ता राजसः परिकीर्तितः ॥
rāgī karmaphalaprepsurlubdho hiṃsātmako.aśuciḥ harṣaśokānvitaḥ kartā rājasaḥ parikīrtitaḥ
Translations
Literal translation
The agent who has attachment, who is desirous of the results of actions, covetous, cruel by nature, unclean and subject to joy and sorrow is declared to be possessed of rajas.
Swami Gambhirananda
हिंदी अनुवाद
रागी, कर्मफल का इच्छुक, लोभी, हिंसक स्वभाव वाला, अशुद्ध और हर्षशोक से युक्त कर्ता राजस कहलाता है।
Swami Tejomayananda
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