Bg. 18.24

Devanāgarī

यत्तु कामेप्सुना कर्म साहङ्कारेण वा पुन: । क्रियते बहुलायासं तद्राजसमुदाहृतम् ॥ २४ ॥

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.

Purport