Chapter 18. Conclusion--The Perfection of Renunciation
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;
sa-ahankarena--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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