### Bg 18.24

> यत्तु कामेप्सुना कर्म साहंकारेण वा पुनः ।\
> क्रियते बहुलायासं तद्राजसमुदाहृतम् ॥२४॥

> yat tu kāmepsunā karma\
> sāhaṅkāreṇa vā punaḥ\
> kriyate bahulāyāsaṁ\
> tad rājasam udāhṛtam

*yat*—that which; *tu*—but; *kāma-īpsunā*—with fruitive result; *karma*—work; *sāhaṅkāreṇa*—with ego; *vā*—or; *punaḥ*—again; *kriyate*—performed; *bahula-āyāsam*—with great labor; *tat*—that; *rājasam*—in the mode of passion; *udāhṛtam*—is said to be.

**But action performed with great effort by one seeking to gratify his desires, and which is enacted from a sense of false ego, is called action in the mode of passion.**