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.