Bhagavad Gita Chapter 18, Verse 24 – Krishna and Arjuna

Bhagavad Gita Chapter 18, Verse 24

|| श्रीमद्भगवद्‌ गीता  18.24 ||

Sanskrit Shloka

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

Transliteration

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

Word Meanings

yat—which; tu—but; kāma-īpsunā—prompted by selfish desire; karma—action; sa-ahaṅkāreṇa—with pride; vā—or; punaḥ—again; kriyate—enacted; bahula-āyāsam—stressfully; tat—that; rājasam—in the nature of passion; udāhṛitam—is said to be

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