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TEXT 24

TEXT 24

Devanagari

Devanagari

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

Text

Text

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 — diejenige, die; tu — aber; kāma-īpsunā — von jemandem mit Wünschen nach fruchttragenden Ergebnissen; karma — Handlung; sa- ahaṅkāreṇa — mit falschem Ego; — oder; punaḥ — wieder; kriyate — wird ausgeführt; bahula-āyāsam — mit großer Anstrengung; tat — diese; rājasam — in der Erscheinungsweise der Leidenschaft; udāhṛtam — gilt als.

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.

Aber jene Handlung, die man mit großer Anstrengung ausführt, mit dem Ziel, seine Wünsche zu befriedigen, und die vom falschen Ego ausgeht, wird als Handlung in der Erscheinungsweise der Leidenschaft bezeichnet.