Gita Verse 18.22

Bhagavad Gita: Chapter 18, Verse 22

Sanskrit Verse

यत्तु कृत्स्नवदेकस्मिन्कार्ये सक्तमहैतुकम्।अतत्त्वार्थवदल्पं च तत्तामसमुदाहृतम्।।18.22।।

Transliteration

yat tu kṛitsna-vad ekasmin kārye saktam ahaitukam

atattvārtha-vad alpaṁ cha tat tāmasam udāhṛitam

Word meanings

yat—which; tu—but; kṛitsna-vat—as if it encompasses the whole; ekasmin—in single; kārye—action; saktam—engrossed; ahaitukam—without a reason; atattva-artha-vat—not based on truth; alpam—fragmental; cha—and; tat—that; tāmasam—in the mode of ignorance; udāhṛitam—is said to be

Swami Sivananda's translation

But that which clings to one single effect as if it were the whole, without reason, without any foundation in Truth, and is trivial—that is declared to be Tamasic.

Chapter link: Gita Chapter 18

Related Gunas: Tamas