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18.27 A doer who craves Krishna speaks

रागी कर्मफलप्रेप्सुर्लुब्धो हिंसात्मकोऽशुचिः
हर्षशोकान्वितः कर्ता राजसः परिकीर्तितः

rāgī karma-phala-prepsur lubdho hinsātmako ‘śhuchiḥ
harṣha-śhokānvitaḥ kartā rājasaḥ parikīrtitaḥ

A doer who craves, who covets the fruit of action, greedy, harmful by nature, unclean, moved by elation and grief, is said to be of restlessness.

Explanation

A doer who craves.

Coveting the fruit, greedy, harmful by nature, unclean, moved by elation and grief.

The last pair is the diagnostic one, and it is the same one 5.20 and 12.17 use. Being moved by good news is on the list beside being moved by bad.

Word by word

rāgī
craving
karma-phala
fruit of work
prepsuḥ
covet
lubdhaḥ
greedy
hinsā-ātmakaḥ
violent-natured
aśhuchiḥ
impure
harṣha-śhoka-anvitaḥ
moved by joy and sorrow
kartā
performer
rājasaḥ
in the mode of passion
parikīrtitaḥ
is declared