18.25 अनुबन्धं क्षयं हिंसामनपेक्ष्य च पौरुषम्।मोहादारभ्यते कर्म यत्तत्तामसमुच्यते
anubandhaṃ kṣayaṃ hiṃsām
Word meanings
anubandham—consequences;kṣhayam—loss;hinsām—injury;anapekṣhya—by disregarding;cha—and;pauruṣham—one’s own ability;mohāt—out of delusion;ārabhyate—is begun;karma—action;yat—which;tat—that;tāmasam—in the mode of ignorance;uchyate—is declared to be
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The object which is gained, due to ignorance, without considering the result, the loss, the injury to others, and one's own strength—that is declared to be of the Tamas (Strand).
An action undertaken through delusion, and with no regard to the spiritual issues involved, or the real capacity of the doer, or to the injury which may follow, such an act may be assumed to be the product of Ignorance.
That act is said to be Tamasika which is undertaken through delusion, without regard to consequences, loss, injury and one's own capacity.
That action is said to be born of tamas which is undertaken out of delusion, (and) without consideration of its consequence, loss, harm and ability.
That action which is undertaken from delusion, without regard to the consequences of loss, injury and (one’s own) ability–that is declared to be Tamasic.
18.27 रागी कर्मफलप्रेप्सुर्लुब्धो हिंसात्मकोऽशुचिः।हर्षशोकान्वितः कर्ता राजसः परिकीर्तितः
rāgī karma
Word meanings
rāgī—craving;karma-phala—fruit of work;prepsuḥ—covet;lubdhaḥ—greedy;hinsā-ātmakaḥ—violent-natured;aśhuchiḥ—impure;harṣha-śhoka-anvitaḥ—moved by joy and sorrow;kartā—performer;rājasaḥ—in the mode of passion;parikīrtitaḥ—is declared
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The agent, who is a man of passion, who craves the fruit of his actions, and is avaricious; who is injurious by nature, impure, and is overpowered by joy and grief—that agent is proclaimed to be of the Rajas (Strand).
In him who is impulsive, greedy, looking for reward, violent, impure, torn between joy and sorrow,it may be assumed that in him Passion is predominant.
That doer is called Rajasika who is passionate, who seeks the fruits of his acts, who is greedy, harmful, impure and who is moved by delight and grief.
The agent who has attachment, who is desirous of the results of actions, covetous, cruel by nature, unclean and subject to joy and sorrow is declared to be possessed of rajas.
Passionate, desiring to obtain the rewards of actions, cruel, greedy, impure, moved by joy and sorrow, such an agent is said to be Rajasic.
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मोक्षसंन्यासयोग
Chapter 18: Free Yourself Through Renunciation
mokṣasaṃnyāsayoga
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18.26 मुक्तसङ्गोऽनहंवादी धृत्युत्साहसमन्वितः।सिद्ध्यसिद्ध्योर्निर्विकारः कर्ता सात्त्विक उच्यते
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Word meanings
mukta-saṅgaḥ—free from worldly attachment;anaham-vādī—free from ego;dhṛiti—strong resolve;utsāha—zeal;samanvitaḥ—endowed with;siddhi-asiddhyoḥ—in success and failure;nirvikāraḥ—unaffected;kartā—worker;sāttvikaḥ—in the mode of goodness;uchyate—is said to be
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The agent who is free from attachment, who does not make any speech of egoism, who is full of contentment and enthusiasm, and who does not change mentally in success or failure—that agent is said to be of the Sattva nature.
But when a man has no sentiment and no personal vanity, when he possesses courage and confidence, cares not whether he succeeds or fails, then his action arises from Purity.
That agent is said to be Sattvika who is free from attachment, who does not make much of himself, who is endued with steadiness and zeal and is untouched by success and failure.
[Ast. introduces this verse with 'Idanim kartrbhedah ucyate, Now is being stated the distinctions among the agents.'-Tr.] The agent who is free from attachment [Attachment to results or the idea of agentship.], not egotistic, endowed with fortitude and diligence, and unperturbed by success and failure is said to be possessed of sattva.
He who is free from attachment, non-egoistic, endowed with firmness and enthusiasm and unaffected by success or failure, is called Sattwic.
