Chapter 18: Conclusion-The Perfection of Renunciation
Bg 18.24
TEXT 24
yat tu kamepsuna karma
sahankarena va punah
kriyate bahulayasam
tad rajasam udahrtam
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.
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