रागी कर्मफलप्रेप्सुर्लुब्धो हिंसात्मकोऽशुचिः | हर्षशोकान्वितः कर्ता राजसः परिकीर्तितः ||
rāgī karma-phala-prepsur lubdho hiṁsātmako 'śuciḥ harṣa-śokānvitaḥ kartā rājasaḥ parikīrtitaḥ
Translation
The rajasic agent is passionate, desirous of the fruits of action, greedy, violent, impure, and subject to joy and sorrow.
Interpretation
The rajasic agent: passionate (ragi — driven by strong personal desires), craving the fruits of action, greedy (lubdha — acquisitive beyond measure), violent in nature (himsatmaka — willing to harm to get what they want), impure (ashuchi — not just ritually impure but morally compromised), and perpetually oscillating between elation at success (harsha) and grief at failure (shoka). This emotional volatility — the rollercoaster of joy and sorrow — is one of the most recognizable symptoms of rajasic agency. The rajasic person's wellbeing depends entirely on how their projects are going.