BG 18.27
रागी कर्मफलप्रेप्सुर्लुब्धो हिंसात्मकोऽशुचिः ।
हर्षशोकान्वितः कर्ता राजसः परिकीर्तितः ॥
हर्षशोकान्वितः कर्ता राजसः परिकीर्तितः ॥
rāgī karma-phala-prepsur lubdho hiṁsātmako ’śuciḥ
harṣa-śokānvitaḥ kartā rājasaḥ parikīrtitaḥ
harṣa-śokānvitaḥ kartā rājasaḥ parikīrtitaḥ
Word-for-word meanings
kartā — the agent; rāgī — who is attached to work; prepsuḥ — who is desirous; karma-phala — [of] the fruit of action; lubdhaḥ — greedy [for sense objects]; hiṁsā-ātmakaḥ — violent by nature; aśuciḥ — unclean; harṣa-śoka-anvitaḥ — [and] prone to happiness and grief; parikīrtitaḥ — is said; rājasaḥ — to be rājasika.
Translation
An agent who is attached to work, desirous of the fruit of action, greedy for sense objects, violent by nature, unclean, and prone to happiness and grief, is said to be rājasika.