Chapter 18

Verse 24

Bhagavad Gita

यत्तु कामेप्सुना कर्म साहंकारेण वा पुनः |
क्रियते बहुलायासं तद्राजसमुदाहृतम् ||१८-२४||
Transliteration

yattu kāmepsunā karma sāhaṃkāreṇa vā punaḥ .
kriyate bahulāyāsaṃ tadrājasamudāhṛtam ||18-24||
English Meaning

18.24 But even though an action involve the most strenuous endeavour, yet if the doer is seeking to gratify his desires, and is filled with personal vanity, it may be assumed to originate in Passion.