Shankaracharya's commentary, trans. Alladi Mahadeva Sastry (1897)
[1]Meeting death in Rajas, he is born among those attached to action; and, dying in Tamas, he is born in the wombs of the irrational.
BG 14.15
रजसि प्रलयं गत्वा कर्मसङ्गिषु जायते । तथा प्रलीनस् तमसि मूढयोनिषु जायते ॥
rajasi pralayaṃ gatvā karma-saṅgiṣu jāyate | tathā pralīnas tamasi mūḍha-yoniṣu jāyate ||
"Dying in rajas, one is born among the action-attached; dying in tamas, one is born in irrational wombs."
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Swami Swarupananda, Srimad Bhagavad Gita (1909)
[4]Meeting death in Rajas he is born among those attached to action; so dying in Tamas, he is born in the wombs of the irrational.
K.T. Telang, Sacred Books of the East Vol. 8 (1882)
[9]Dying in passion, one is born among those attached to action; and dying in darkness, one is born in the wombs of the irrational.
K.M. Ganguli, The Mahabharata, Bhishma Parva (1883–96)
[13]Dying in the midst of Passion, (one) is born among those attached to action; dying in Tamas, (one) is born in the wombs of the deluded.