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Bg. 18.24

यत्तु कामेप्सुना कर्म साहङ्कारेण वा पुन: ।
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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