BG 18.24

Bhagavad-gita As It Is (1983+) - Chapter 18: Conclusion - The Perfection of Renunciation

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His Divine Grace
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada

TEXT 24

यत्तु कामेप्सुना कर्म साहंकारेण वा पुनः ।

क्रियते बहुलायासं तद्राजसमुदाहृतम् ॥२४॥

yat tu kāmepsunā karma

sāhaṅkāreṇa vā punaḥ

kriyate bahulāyāsaṁ

tad rājasam udāhṛtam

SYNONYMS

yat—that which; tu—but; kāma-īpsunā—by one with desires for fruitive results; karma—work; sa-ahaṅkāreṇa—with ego; vā—or; punaḥ—again; kriyate—is performed; bahula-āyāsam—with great labor; tat—that; rājasam—in the mode of passion; udāhṛtam—is said to be.

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.

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