Friday, October 21, 2016

Bhagavad Gita: Chapter 18/Verse 27

रागी कर्मफलप्रेप्सुर्लुब्धो हिंसात्मकोऽशुचिः ।

हर्षशोकान्वितः कर्ता राजसः परिकीर्तितः ॥१८- २७॥

rāgī karmaphalaprepsurlubdho hiṃsātmako'śuciḥ ।


harṣaśokānvitaḥ kartā rājasaḥ parikīrtitaḥ ॥18- 27॥

Passionate desiring to obtain the fruit of action, greedy, with a violent nature, impure, accompanied by joy and sorrow is declared to be a rajasic agent. 


rāgī (neuter, nominative, singular) = passionate

karmaphalaprepsus (karma + phala + prepsus) (desiderative adjective, masculine, nominative, singular) = desiring to obtain the fruit of action

lubdhas (masculine, nominative, singular) = greedy  

hiṃsātmakas (masculine, nominative, singular) = with a violent nature

aśucis (masculine, nominative, singular) = impure 

harṣaśokānvitas (harṣa + śoka + anvitas) (masculine, nominative, singular) = accompanied by joy and sorrow

kartā (masculine, nominative, singular) = agent

rājasas (masculine, nominative, singular) = rajasic 

parikīrtitas (past passive participle, masculine, nominative, singular) = declared to be 


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