SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama:
rajo rāgātmakaṁ viddhi
tṛṣṇā-saṅga-samudbhavam
tan nibadhnāti kaunteya
karma-saṅgena dehinam
‘Rajas, know, Kaunteya! is lustful; it engenders
desire and attachment; it ties the embodied to work,’
Rajas is lustful or the cause of lust. Rāga = Lust, concupiscence or carnal desire between males and females.
Rajas is the birth-place of tṛishnā and saṇga.
Tṛishṇa is desire or thirst for all sensual enjoyments, such as sound (=music) etc.
Saṇga is attachment or desire to be united to, or to be in the company of, sons, friends etc.
Thus Rajas, by engendering desires, ties one (or prompts one) to activity or active works. A pruriency for active engagements or undertakings; then performance of works of the kinds of merits and demerits —thus does Rajas become the reason for one being born in such places and such bodies as are peculiarly suited to enjoy the fruits of such (Rājasa-) labours.
Hence by provoking an itching for works, Rajas confines a man. Hence Rajas is said to be the cause of lust, sensual desires and attachment.
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