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Chapter 18 · Verse 27 · Moksha Sanyaas Yoga

Bhagavad Gita 18.27

transformative Karma & Action Attachment & Letting Go Self & Identity

Sanskrit

रागी कर्मफलप्रेप्सुर्लुब्धो हिंसात्मकोऽशुचिः।हर्षशोकान्वितः कर्ता राजसः परिकीर्तितः।।18.27।।

Transliteration

rāgī karma-phala-prepsur lubdho hinsātmako ‘śhuchiḥ harṣha-śhokānvitaḥ kartā rājasaḥ parikīrtitaḥ

Word by Word

rāgī craving
karma-phala fruit of work
prepsuḥ covet
lubdhaḥ greedy
hinsā-ātmakaḥ violent-natured
aśhuchiḥ impure
harṣha-śhoka-anvitaḥ moved by joy and sorrow
kartā performer
rājasaḥ in the mode of passion
parikīrtitaḥ is declared
Simplified Perspective

The Lord reveals the nature of the rajasic worker—one who acts from craving, greed, and violence, forever swinging between elation and despair. This is the worker bound by desire, unable to see action as sacred duty.

When you recognize these patterns in yourself—the need to control outcomes, the attachment to praise, the restlessness that follows—you see the prison you've built. Freedom begins when you offer your work to something greater than your own gain.

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Bhagavad Gita 18.27 — BG 18.27

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Sanskrit text from the Bhagavad Gita (public domain). Commentary © Mahakatha.

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