Greed, the wish to take another's wealth and the like; engagement, the setting-to-work, a general bestirring; the undertaking of actions, of whatever kind; unrest, the absence of stilling; the bestirring of joy, passion and the like; and longing, craving, a thirst whose object is things of every common kind: when the quality rajas has grown, these marks arise, O bull of the Bharatas.

Greed is the nature of not letting go of one's own goods. Engagement is the nature of moving even without aiming at a purpose. Undertaking is the effort in the beginning of actions that are the means to fruit. Unrest is the non-ceasing of the senses. Longing is the wish for objects. These arise when rajas is grown strong. When greed and the rest are present, one should know that rajas is grown strong. This is the meaning.

This is a brief sub-gloss. For a fuller reading of this verse, see Madhusūdana, Śaṅkara, or Rāmānuja above.

Madhvacharya does not comment on this verse.