Know thou RAJAS (to be) of the nature of passion the source of thirst and attachment; it binds fast O Kaunteya the embodied one by attachment to action.

rajaḥ = the mode of passion; rāgātmakaṃ = born of desire or lust; viddhi = know; tṛṣṇā = with hankering; saṅga = association; samudbhavaṃ = produced of; tat = that; nibadhnāti = binds; kaunteya = O son of Kunti; karmasaṅgena = by association with fruitive activity; dehinaṃ = the embodied.;