Bhagavad Gita
    Chapter 18 · Liberation Through Renunciation

    Verse 24

    Sanskrit Text — Chapter 18, Verse 24

    यत्तु कामेप्सुना कर्म साहङ्कारेण वा पुनः।क्रियते बहुलायासं तद्राजसमुदाहृतम्।।18.24।।

    Transliteration (IAST)

    yat tu kāmepsunā karma sāhankāreṇa vā punaḥ kriyate bahulāyāsaṁ tad rājasam udāhṛitam

    Translation

    But that act is said to be Rajasic, which is performed with great effort by one who seeks to gratify their desires and under the prompting of egoism.
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