yat tu kāmepsunā karma
sāhaṅkāreṇa vā punaḥ
kriyate bahulāyāsaṁ
tad rājasam udāhṛtam
sāhaṅkāreṇa vā punaḥ
kriyate bahulāyāsaṁ
tad rājasam udāhṛtam
Synonyms
yat-that which; tu-but; kāma-īpsunā-with fruitive result; karma-work; sāhaṅkāreṇa-with ego; vā-or; punaḥ-again; kriyate-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 which is enacted from a sense of false ego, is called action in the mode of passion.