Chapter 18, Verse 24
यत्तु कामेप्सुना कर्म साहङ्कारेण वा पुनः। क्रियते बहुलायासं तद्राजसमुदाहृतम्।।18.24।।
yattu kāmepsunā karma sāhaṅkāreṇa vā punaḥ. kriyate bahulāyāsaṃ tadrājasamudāhṛtam..18.24..
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- yat
- which
- tu
- but
- kāma-īpsunā
- by one desiring to fulfill desires
- karma
- action
- sa-ahaṅkāreṇa
- with egoism
- vā
- or
- punaḥ
- again
- kriyate
- is performed
- bahula-āyāsam
- with much strain/effort
- tat
- that
- rājasam
- belonging to rajas (passion)
- udāhṛtam
- is declared
Commentary
24. But the action which is done by one longing for pleasures, or done by the egotisticj costing much trouble, that is declared to be Rajasic.
Source: Alladi Mahadeva Sastri, The Bhagavad-Gita with the Commentary of Sri Shankaracharya (1897), public domain
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yat
tu
kāma-īpsunā
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punaḥ
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rājasam
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