Bhagavad Gita 18.25
अनुबन्धं क्षयं हिंसामनपेक्ष्य च पौरुषम्। मोहादारभ्यते कर्म यत्तत्तामसमुच्यते।।18.25।।
anubandhaṃ kṣayaṃ hiṃsāmanapekṣya ca pauruṣam. mohādārabhyate karma yattattāmasamucyate.18.25.
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- अनुबन्धम्
- consequence (future result/bondage)
- क्षयम्
- loss/destruction (of resources)
- हिंसाम्
- injury (to others)
- अनपेक्ष्य
- without considering
- च
- and
- पौरुषम्
- one's own capacity/ability
- मोहात्
- out of delusion
- आरभ्यते
- is undertaken
- कर्म
- action
- यत्
- which
- तत्
- that
- तामसम्
- of the nature of tamas (ignorance)
- उच्यते
- is called
Commentary
25. The action which is undertaken from delusion, without regarding the consequence, loss, injury, and ability, that is declared to be Tamasic.
Source: Alladi Mahadeva Sastri, The Bhagavad-Gita with the Commentary of Sri Shankaracharya (1897), public domain
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पौरुषम्
मोहात्
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