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Shrimad Bhagavad Gita

Who is Royal (Rajasica) Person - The Shrimad Bhagavad Gita 
21.07.2019

Shree Krishna has explained in chapters 14, 16 17 and 18 of Shrimad Bhagavad Gita about the different personalities of persons which are caused by the root material i.e. Prakriti (nature) having three attributes viz. Sattva, Rajas and Tamas in varying proportion. The different characteristics viz. state of mind, actions & doership, charity, spiritual duties, food habits, true knowledge, intellect, determination, joy and re-birth spell out about the Rajasika person.
 
The rajas element is of the nature of passion which draws the person to action (14.9). It binds the soul through attachment to actions and their fruit (14.7). By overpowering Sattva and Tamas, Rajas prevails (14.10). Rajas expresses as dynamism, passion, anger, covetousness, the reproaching the others, extreme sternness, discontent, fierceness, attachment and like (14.5).
 
Knowledge dominated by Rajas directs attention to diversity of things; actions dominated by it result in actions done with great attachment, egotism and expenditure of energy; an agent dominated by it is greedy, cruel, attached and subject to elation and depression; the intelligence is dominated by it is riddled with confusion about right and wrong and has little sense of duty; strength of mind is dominated by ambitions, desires and worldly status; and happiness dominated by it is extremely attractive in the beginning due to sensual excitement but in its final result brings about sufferings.
The main attributes of Rajasika Person are listed as under (in bracket, chapter.verse) (the relevant Sanskrit verses of Bhagavad Gita are mentioned at the bottom):
  1. Rajasika state of mind: With the dominance of Rajas, greed, activity, undertaking of action with an interested motive, restlessness and a thirst for enjoyment make their appearance (14.12).
  2. Charity: Charity is bestowed in a grudging spirit (चंदा) and with the object of mere show, getting a service in return or in the hope of obtaining a reward (prestige, fame, position, getting heaven etc.) is called Rajasika (17.12, 17.21).
  1. Spiritual duties:
    1. Those of Rajasika temperament worship demigods, the demons; (17.4).
    2. The rajas worshippers are prompted by desires and ambitions, by greed of wealth and power.
    3. The austerity which is performed for the sake of renowned, honour or adoration, as well as for any other selfish gain, either in all sincerity or by way of ostentation, and yields an uncertain and momentary fruit, has been spoken of here as Rajasika (17.18).
  2. Actions & Doership:
    1. Action, which involves much strain and is performed by one who seeks enjoyments or by a man full of egotism, has been spoken of as Rajasika (18.24).
    2. The doer, who is full of attachment, seeks the fruit of actions and is greedy, and who is oppressive by nature and of impure conduct, and who feels joy and sorrow, has been called Rajasika (18.27).
    3. The renunciation of one’s duties out of fear of physical strain, is Rajasika form of renunciation, he does not reap the fruit of renunciation (18.8).
    4. Sorrow is declared to be the fruit of a Rajasika act (14.16).
  3. Food habits: Foods which are bitter, sour, salty, over hot, pungent, dry and burning, and which cause suffering, grief and sickness, are dear to the Rajasika (17.9).
  4. Knowledge: The knowledge by which man cognizes many existences of various kinds, as apart from one another, in all beings, is Rajasika (18.21).
  5. Intellect: The intellect by which man does not truly perceive what is Dharma and what is Adharma, what ought to be done and what should not be done-that intellect is Rajasika (18.31).
  6. Determination: The perseverance by which the man seeking reward for his actions clutches with extreme fondness virtues, earthly possessions and worldly enjoyments-that perseverance is said to be Rajasika (18.34).
  7. Joy: The delight which ensues from the contact of the senses with their objects is eventually poison like, though appearing at first as nectar; hence it has been spoken of as Rajasika (18.38).
  8. Re-birth - When Rajas predominates, he is born among those attached to action; (14.15).
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