Verset 14.7

रजो रागात्मकं विद्धि तृष्णासङ्गसमुद्भवम् ।

तन्निबध्नाति कौन्तेय कर्मसङ्गेन देहिनम् ॥

14.7

Translittération

rajo rāgātmakaṃ viddhi tṛṣṇāsaṅgasamudbhavam |

tannibadhnāti kaunteya karmasaṅgena dehinam ||

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Traduction

Know thou Rajas to be of the nature of passion, the source of thirst (for sensual enjoyment) and attachment; it binds fast, O Arjuna, the embodied one by attachment to action.

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Mot à mot

rajas
of the nature of passion
know
source of craving and attachment

that
binds
O son of Kunti
by attachment to action
the embodied

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Explication

Next comes passion (rajas). Its nature is rāga, passionate desire, and it arises from tṛṣṇā, thirst or craving, and from attachment. It binds the embodied self through attachment to action: the restless urge to do, achieve and acquire. Rajas is not evil in itself; it is the energy behind effort and enterprise. But when it drives a person, action becomes compulsive and is bound to its results. Arjuna, a warrior and prince, lives in a world shaped by rajas, and the Gita's teaching on action without attachment can be read partly as a way of freeing that energy from its bonds.