Chapter 18: Conclusion-The Perfection of Renunciation
Bg 18.24
TEXT 24
yat tu kamepsuna karma
sahankarena va punah
kriyate bahulayasam
tad rajasam udahrtam
SYNONYMS
yat—that which; tu—but; käma-épsunä—with fruitive result; karma—work; sähaìkäreëa—with ego; vä—or; punaù—again; kriyate—performed; bahula-äyäsam—with great labor; tat—that; räjasam—in the mode of passion; udähåtam—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.