Word
rajaḥ
Used in 6 verses of the Bhagavad Gita.
How it is translated
- mode of passion (7)
- the mode of passion (1)
Every verse
- 3.37काम एष क्रोध एष रजोगुणसमुद्भवः।kāma eṣha krodha eṣha rajo-guṇa-samudbhavaḥThe Blessed Lord said, "It is desire and it is anger, both of the quality of Rajas, all-devouring and all-sinful; know this as the foe here in this world."Here: the mode of passion
- 14.5सत्त्वं रजस्तम इति गुणाः प्रकृतिसंभवाः।sattvaṁ rajas tama iti guṇāḥ prakṛiti-sambhavāḥThese qualities, O Arjuna, born of Nature, bind fast in the body of the embodied, the indestructible: purity, passion, and inertia.Here: mode of passion
- 14.7रजो रागात्मकं विद्धि तृष्णासङ्गसमुद्भवम्।rajo rāgātmakaṁ viddhi tṛiṣhṇā-saṅga-samudbhavamKnow, O Arjuna, that Rajas is of the nature of passion, the source of thirst and attachment; it binds fast the embodied one by attachment to action.Here: mode of passion
- 14.9सत्त्वं सुखे सञ्जयति रजः कर्मणि भारत।sattvaṁ sukhe sañjayati rajaḥ karmaṇi bhārataSattva attaches to happiness, Rajas to action, O Arjuna, while Tamas, verily shrouding knowledge, attaches to heedlessness.Here: mode of passion
- 14.10रजस्तमश्चाभिभूय सत्त्वं भवति भारत।rajas tamaśh chābhibhūya sattvaṁ bhavati bhārataNow, O Arjuna, Sattva prevails, having overpowered Rajas and Tamas; then Rajas, having overpowered Sattva and Tamas; and then Tamas, having overpowered Sattva and Rajas.Here: mode of passion
- 17.1अर्जुन उवाचये शास्त्रविधिमुत्सृज्य यजन्ते श्रद्धयाऽन्विताः।arjuna uvāchaArjuna said, "What is the condition of those who, disregarding the injunctions of the scriptures, perform sacrifice with faith—is it Sattva, Rajas, or Tamas, O Krishna?"Here: mode of passion