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यत तु कामेप्सुना कर्म साहंकारेण वा पुनः करियते बहुलायासं तद राजसम उदाहृतम
yat tu kāmepsunā karma sāhaṅkāreṇa vā punaḥ kriyate bahulāyāsaṁ tad rājasam udāhṛtam
WORD BY WORD
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.
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