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PHRASES IN THE GITA - 265
यत्तु कामेप्सुना साहङ्कारेण क्रियते बहुलायासं तत् कर्म राजसम् ... (अध्याय १८ - श्लोक २४)
யத்து காமேப்ஸுனா ஸாஹங்காரேண க்ரியதே பஹுலாயாஸம் தத் கர்ம ராஜஸம் .. (அத்யாயம் 18 - ஶ்லோகம் 24)
Yattu Kaamepsunaa Saahankaarena Kriyate Bahulaayaasam Tat Karma Rajasam .. (Chapter 18 - Shlokam 24)
Meaning : Action that is prompted by selfish desire , enacted with pride and stressful is Raajasik or action in mode of passion ..
The actions by a Rajo Gunee is result of passionate attachment .. These are performed with bloated ego .. These are also performed with tremendous strain and stress ..
The most prominent attribute exhibited by a person of Rajo Guna (or a person in mode of passion) is attachment .. passionate attachment .. Attachment reveals itself in actions performed by a Rajo Gunee .. attachment with the work and attachment with its fruits ..
Another trait of a person with Rajo Guna is his bloated ego .. 'I am the doer' .. this is the predominant thought hovering in his mind while performing his actions .. "If I do not do .." , "If not me , who else will ??" etc . are the ways his ego gets projected ..
Attachment with action results in anxiety over good performance of the action .. Attachment with expectation of fruits result in anxiety over attaining the fruits and hence fall in efficiency of work .. The looming egoistic thought "I am the doer" makes the work a burden and stressful .. Action which is to performed with enthusiasm and joy , instead becomes burdensome , exhausting , stressful and boring ..
The most prominent attribute exhibited by a person of Rajo Guna (or a person in mode of passion) is attachment .. passionate attachment .. Attachment reveals itself in actions performed by a Rajo Gunee .. attachment with the work and attachment with its fruits ..
Another trait of a person with Rajo Guna is his bloated ego .. 'I am the doer' .. this is the predominant thought hovering in his mind while performing his actions .. "If I do not do .." , "If not me , who else will ??" etc . are the ways his ego gets projected ..
Attachment with action results in anxiety over good performance of the action .. Attachment with expectation of fruits result in anxiety over attaining the fruits and hence fall in efficiency of work .. The looming egoistic thought "I am the doer" makes the work a burden and stressful .. Action which is to performed with enthusiasm and joy , instead becomes burdensome , exhausting , stressful and boring ..
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