यत्तु कामेप्सुना कर्म साहंकारेण वा पुनः | क्रियते बहुलायासं तद्राजसमुदाहृतम् ||१८-२४||
yattu kāmepsunā karma sāhaṃkāreṇa vā punaḥ . kriyate bahulāyāsaṃ tadrājasamudāhṛtam ||18-24||
- 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
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.