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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; kama-ipsuna—with fruitive result; karma—work; sahankarena—with ego; va—or; punah—again; kriyate—performed; bahula-ayasam—with great labor; tat—that; rajasam—in the mode of passion; udahrtam—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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