For Eternal Beginners
रजसि प्रलयम् गत्वा कर्मसङ्गिषु जायते ।
rajasi pralayam gatvA karmasaGgiSu jAyate |
प्रलयम् गत्वा
[pralayam gatvA]
When the body perishes रजसि
[rajasi]
in
rajas
, जायते
[jAyate]
the person is re-born कर्मसङ्गिषु
[karmasaGgiSu]
among people who are attached to activity.
If a person dies at a time when rajas is predominant, he is born in a community that is driven to work by desire. Being born in this way, he spends his life aspiring to achieve goals such as wealth and power.