अनुबन्धं क्षयं हिंसामनपेक्ष्य च पौरुषम् | मोहादारभ्यते कर्म यत्तत्तामसमुच्यते ||१८-२५||
anubandhaṃ kṣayaṃ hiṃsāmanapekṣya ca pauruṣam . mohādārabhyate karma yattattāmasamucyate ||18-25||
- anubandham
- of future bondage
- kṣayam
- destruction
- hiṁsām
- and distress to others
- anapekṣya
- without considering the consequences
- ca
- also
- pauruṣam
- self-sanctioned
- mohāt
- by illusion
- ārabhyate
- is begun
- karma
- work
- yat
- which
- tat
- that
- tāmasam
- in the mode of ignorance
- ucyate
- is said to be
That action performed in illusion, in disregard of scriptural injunctions, and without concern for future bondage or for violence or distress caused to others is said to be in the mode of ignorance.