14.12

Sanskrit

लोभः प्रवृत्तिरारंभः कर्मणामशमः स्पृहा । रजस्येतानि जायन्ते विवृद्धे भरतर्षभ ॥

lobhaḥ pravṛttir ārambhaḥ karmaṇām aśamaḥ spṛhā rajasy etāni jāyante vivṛddhe bharatarṣabha

Translation

Greed, outgoing energy, undertaking of actions, restlessness, desire—these are born of the increase of Motion, O best of the Bhâratas.

Annie Besant · The Bhagavad-Gita, translated by Annie Besant (4th ed., 1922) — Wikisource · Public Domain

Explanation

The second diagnostic sign: rajas increasing shows up as greed, outward energy, the compulsive starting of new undertakings, restlessness, desire. It’s the same profile as verse 7’s definition of rajas — craving and attachment to action — now given as symptoms a person could actually notice arising in themselves, rather than as a root-cause description.