BG 14.12

लोभः प्रवृत्तिर् आरम्भः कर्मणाम् अशमः स्पृहा । रजस्य् एतानि जायन्ते विवृद्धे भरतर्षभ ॥

lobhaḥ pravṛttir ārambhaḥ karmaṇām aśamaḥ spṛhā | rajasy etāni jāyante vivṛddhe bharatarṣabha ||

"Greed, restless activity, and longing surge — know that rajas is predominant and karma-saṅga is binding."

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4 translations · all pre-1928 or released to public domain · sources

Shankaracharya's commentary, trans. Alladi Mahadeva Sastry (1897)

[1]
Greed, activity, the undertaking of works, unrest, desire — these arise when Rajas is predominant, O lord of the Bharatas.

Swami Swarupananda, Srimad Bhagavad Gita (1909)

[4]
Greed, activity, the undertaking of actions, unrest, longing — these arise when Rajas is predominant, O bull of the Bharatas.

K.T. Telang, Sacred Books of the East Vol. 8 (1882)

[9]
And when passion increases, O best of Bharatas, then come greed, activity, commencement of works, unrest, and desire.

K.M. Ganguli, The Mahabharata, Bhishma Parva (1883–96)

[13]
When Passion is predominant, O bull of the Bharatas, avarice (lobha), enterprise (pravṛtti), the commencement of actions (ārambha), unrest (aśama), and longing (spṛhā) arise.