Bg 18.24

TEXT 24

TEXT

यत्तु कामेप्सुना कर्म साहङ्कारेण वा पुनः ।
क्रियते बहुलायासं तद्राजसमुदाहृतम् ॥ २४ ॥

yat tu kamepsuna karma

sahaṅkarena va punah

kriyate bahulayasam

tad rajasam udahrtam

yat-that which; tu-but; kama-ipsuna-with fruitive result; karma-work; sahaṅkarena-with ego; va-or; punah-again; kriyate-performed; bahula-ayasam-with great labor; tat-that; rajasam-in the mode of passion; udahrtam-is said to be.

TRANSLATION

But action performed with great effort by one seeking to gratify his desires, and which is enacted from a sense of false ego, is called action in the mode of passion.

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