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Bhagavad Gita Chapter 18, Verse 27 (18.27) means: A doer full of craving, greedy for reward, grasping, cruel, impure, swung between joy and grief, is a restless doer.
रागी कर्मफलप्रेप्सुर्लुब्धो हिंसात्मकोऽशुचिः।हर्षशोकान्वितः कर्ता राजसः परिकीर्तितः।।18.27।।
rāgī karma-phala-prepsur lubdho hinsātmako ‘śhuchiḥ harṣha-śhokānvitaḥ kartā rājasaḥ parikīrtitaḥ
A doer full of craving, greedy for reward, grasping, cruel, impure, swung between joy and grief, is a restless doer.
जो कर्ता लालसा से भरा, फल का लोभी, पकड़ने वाला, क्रूर, अशुद्ध, हर्ष और शोक के बीच झूलता है, वह बेचैन कर्ता है।
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It is verse 27 of Chapter 18 of the Bhagavad Gita, which has 78 verses in total.
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