# Bhagavad Gita 14.12

**Canonical reference:** `gita.14.12`  
**Speaker:** Krishna  
**Corpus version:** gita-1.0.0-rc.1

## Sanskrit (Devanagari)

लोभः प्रवृत्तिरारम्भः कर्मणामशमः स्पृहा।
रजस्येतानि जायन्ते विवृद्धे भरतर्षभ ॥

## IAST

lobhaḥ pravṛttirārambhaḥ karmaṇāmaśamaḥ spṛhā
rajasyetāni jāyante vivṛddhe bharatarṣabha

## English — Kashinath Trimbak Telang, 1882

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