Gita Verse 18.25

Bhagavad Gita: Chapter 18, Verse 25

Sanskrit Verse

अनुबन्धं क्षयं हिंसामनपेक्ष्य च पौरुषम्।मोहादारभ्यते कर्म यत्तत्तामसमुच्यते।।18.25।।

Transliteration

anubandhaṁ kṣhayaṁ hinsām anapekṣhya cha pauruṣham

mohād ārabhyate karma yat tat tāmasam uchyate

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

Swami Sivananda's translation

That action which is undertaken from delusion, without regard for the consequences, loss, injury, and one’s own ability, is declared to be Tamasic (dark).

Chapter link: Gita Chapter 18

Related Gunas: Tamas