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TEXT 24

TEXT 24

Devanagari

Devanagari

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

Text

Tekst

yat tu kāmepsunā karma
sāhaṅkāreṇa vā punaḥ
kriyate bahulāyāsaṁ
tad rājasam udāhṛtam
yat tu kāmepsunā karma
sāhaṅkāreṇa vā punaḥ
kriyate bahulāyāsaṁ
tad rājasam udāhṛtam

Synonyms

Synonyms

yat — that which; tu — but; kāma-īpsunā — by one with desires for fruitive results; karma — work; sa-ahaṅkāreṇa — with ego; — or; punaḥ — again; kriyate — is performed; bahula-āyāsam — with great labor; tat — that; rājasam — in the mode of passion; udāhṛtam — is said to be.

yat — den, som; tu — men; kāma-īpsunā — af den, som ønsker frugtstræbende resultater; karma — handling; sa-ahaṅkāreṇa — med ego; — eller; punaḥ — igen; kriyate — udføres; bahula-āyāsam — med stor anstrengelse; tat — den; rājasam — i lidenskabens kvalitet; udāhṛtam — siges at være.

Translation

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.

Men den handling, der bunder i falsk ego, og som bliver gjort under store anstrengelser af den, der er ude efter at tilfredsstille sine lyster, kaldes handling i lidenskabens kvalitet.