Chapter 18 - Verse 27

Rajasic Agent.

रागी कर्मफलप्रेप्सुर्लुब्धो हिंसात्मकोऽशुचिः ।
हर्षशोकान्वितः कर्ता राजसः परिकीर्तितः ॥ २७ ॥

rāgī karmaphalaprepsurlubdho hiṃsātmako’śuciḥ .
harṣaśokānvitaḥ kartā rājasaḥ parikīrtitaḥ .. 27 ..


Passionate, desiring to attain the fruit of action, greedy, cruel, impure, subject to joy and sorrow, such an agent is said to be Rajasic.
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Greedy : thirsting for another’s property, not giving away one’s own property to worthy persons, etc. Cruel: doing harm to others. Impure: devoid of external and internal purity. Subject to joy and sorrow: rejoicing on the attainment of what is desirable, and feeling sorry on the attainment of what is not desirable or on having to part with what is desirable. Joy or sorrow may arise at the success or failure of the action in which he is engaged