BG 18.24

TEXT 24

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.