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Bhagavad-gītā As It Is · Text 18.24
यत्तु कामेप्सुना कर्म साहङ्कारेण वा पुन: ।
क्रियते बहुलायासं तद्राजसमुदाहृतम् ॥ २४ ॥
yat tu kāmepsunā karma
sāhaṅkāreṇa vā punaḥ
kriyate bahulāyāsaṁ
tad rājasam udāhṛtam
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.
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In the story
Chapter 18, The Perfection of Renunciation: knowledge, action, determination and happiness in the modes.
Theme summary
The modes of nature condition behavior.
The spiritual concepts this verse connects to.
Key ideas: prakṛti, guṇa.
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