lubdho himsatmako ‘sucih

harsa-sokanvitah karta

rajasah parikirtitah

rāgī—very much attached; karma-phala—to the fruit of the work; prepsuḥ—desiring; lubdhaḥ—greedy; hiṁsā-ātmakaḥ—and always envious; aśuciḥ—unclean; harṣa-śoka-anvitaḥ—complicated, with joy and sorrow; kartā—such a worker; rājasaḥ—in the mode of passion; parikīrtitaḥ—is declared.

But that worker who is attached to the fruits of his labor and who passionately wants to enjoy them, who is greedy, envious and impure and moved by happiness and distress, is a worker in the mode of passion.

satho naiskrtiko ‘lasah

visadi dirgha-sutri ca

karta tamasa ucyate

ayuktaḥ—without reference to the scriptural injunctions; prākṛtaḥ—materialistic; stabdhaḥ—obstinate; śaṭhaḥ—deceitful; naiṣkṛtikaḥ—expert in insulting others; alasaḥ—lazy; viṣādī—morose; dīrgha-sūtrī—procrastinating; ca—also; kartā—worker; tāmasaḥ—in the mode of ignorance; ucyate—is said to be.

And that worker who is always engaged in work against the injunction of the scripture, who is materialistic, obstinate, cheating and expert in insulting others, who is lazy, always morose and procrastinating, is a worker in the mode of ignorance.