Bhagavad Gita · 18.24
॥
Devanāgarī
यत्तु कामेप्सुना कर्म साहङ्कारेण वा पुनः ।
क्रियते बहुलायासं तद्राजसमुदाहृतम् ॥
Transliteration (IAST)
yat tu kāmepsunā karma sāhaṅkāreṇa vā punaḥ |
kriyate bahulāyāsaṁ tad rājasam udāhṛtam ||
Word-by-word
SanskritIASTMeaning
यत् तुyat tubut that [action] which.
कामेप्सुनाkāma-īpsunāby one who craves (īpsunā) desire (kāma, i.e. the fruits).
कर्मkarmaaction.
स-अहङ्कारेण वाsa-ahaṅkāreṇa vāor with false ego (ahaṅkāreṇa).
पुनःpunaḥagain.
क्रियतेkriyateis performed.
बहुलायासम्bahula-āyāsamwith great (bahula) effort (āyāsam).
तत् राजसम्tat rājasamthat is in the mode of passion.
उदाहृतम्udāhṛtamis called.
Translation
“But that action which is performed with great effort by one who craves the fulfilment of his desires, and which is driven by false ego, is called action in the mode of passion.”
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