Know that rajas is of the nature of passion, arising from craving and attachment. O son of Kunti, it binds the embodied being through attachment to action.

Rajas is defined by its essence: rāgātmakam — its very nature is passion, desire, the push toward objects. It arises from tṛṣṇā (thirst, craving) and saṅga (attachment). Where sattva binds through the joy of knowing, rajas binds through the compulsion to do — karma-saṅga, attachment to action and its fruits. The rājasic person cannot rest; they are driven from project to project, desire to desire, achievement to achievement. Even their apparent energy is actually a form of restlessness — the soul mistaking the agitation of Prakriti for aliveness.