BG 14.7
रजो रागात्मकं विद्धि तृष्णासङ्गसमुद्भवम् ।
तन्निबध्नाति कौन्तेय कर्मसङ्गेन देहिनम् ॥
तन्निबध्नाति कौन्तेय कर्मसङ्गेन देहिनम् ॥
rajo rāgātmakaṁ viddhi tṛṣṇā-saṅga-samudbhavam
tan nibadhnāti kaunteya karma-saṅgena dehinam
tan nibadhnāti kaunteya karma-saṅgena dehinam
Word-for-word meanings
viddhi — know; rajaḥ — rajas; rāga-ātmakam — to be of the nature of passion; samudbhavam — [and] the source; tṛṣṇā — [of] desire; saṅga — [and] attachment; kaunteya — O son of Kuntī; tat — it [rajas]; nibadhnāti — binds; dehinam — the embodied self; karma-saṅgena — by attachment to action.
Translation
Know rajas to be of the nature of passion and the source of desire and attachment. O son of Kuntī, it binds the embodied self by attachment to action.