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 PALAVRA POR PALAVRA
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 TRADUÇÃO
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.