Bhagavad-gita As It Is - 18.24

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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