Verse 114

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कामः क्रोधो लोभदम्भाव्यसूया -हङ्कारेर्ष्यामत्सराद्यास्तु घोराः ।धर्मा एते राजसाः पुम्प्रवृत्ति -र्यस्मादेतत्तद्रजो बन्धहेतुः ॥ ११४ ॥

In plain words

Desire, anger, greed, hypocrisy, envy, egotism, jealousy, spite - these fierce qualities all belong to rajas; they are what drive a person into restless engagement with the world. And it is exactly this - rajas - that binds us.

Close to the Sanskrit

Desire, anger, greed, hypocrisy, envy, egotism, jealousy, spite, and the rest — these terrible qualities are the attributes of rajas. Since human activity proceeds from it, that rajas is the cause of bondage.