BG 14.12

लोभः प्रवृत्तिरारम्भः कर्मणामशमः स्पृहा ।
रजस्येतानि जायन्ते विवृद्धे भरतर्षभ ॥
lobhaḥ pravṛttir ārambhaḥ karmaṇām aśamaḥ spṛhā
rajasy etāni jāyante vivṛddhe bharatarṣabha

Word-for-word meanings

bharata-ṛṣabha — O best of the Bharatas;  vivṛddhe — [when] there is a predominance;  rajasi — of rajas;  lobhaḥ — greed;  pravṛttiḥ — activity;  ārambhaḥ — undertaking;  karmaṇām — of work;  aśamaḥ — [and] uncontrollable;  spṛhā — desire;  etāni — all these;  jāyante — become manifest.

Translation

O best of the Bharatas, when rajas is predominant, greed, activity, undertaking of work [with a material motive], and uncontrollable desire for sense objects become manifest.

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