Chapter 18 Verse 24 of 78

• yat tu kāmepsunā karma
• sāhańkāreṇa vā punaḥ
• kriyate bahulāyāsaḿ
• tad rājasam udāhṛtam

Translation

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

Synonyms

• yat

  that which

• tu

  but

• īpsunā

  by one with desires for fruitive results

• karma

  work

• aha

  sa-ahań

• āreṇa

  with ego

• vā

  or

• punaḥ

  again

• kriyate

  is performed

• āyāsam

  with great labor

• tat

  that

• rājasam

  in the mode of passion

• udāhṛtam

  is said to be.

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