Bhagavad Gita: Chapter 18, Verse 25

Contents

• 1 अनुबन्धं क्षयं हिंसामनपेक्ष्य च पौरुषम् |
• 2 मोहादारभ्यते कर्म यतत्तामसमुच्यते ||
• 3 भावार्थ:
• 4 Translation

अनुबन्धं क्षयं हिंसामनपेक्ष्य च पौरुषम् |

मोहादारभ्यते कर्म यतत्तामसमुच्यते ||

anubandhaṁ kṣhayaṁ hinsām anapekṣhya cha pauruṣham
mohād ārabhyate karma yat tat tāmasam uchyate

भावार्थ:

जो कर्म परिणाम, हानि, हिंसा और सामर्थ्य को न विचारकर केवल अज्ञान से आरंभ किया जाता है, वह तामस कहा जाता है॥25॥

Translation

That action is declared to be in the mode of ignorance, which is begun out of delusion, without thought to one’s own ability, and disregarding consequences, loss, and injury to others.

English Translation Of Sri Shankaracharya’s Sanskrit Commentary By Swami Gambirananda

18.25 Tat, that; karma, action; yat, which; is arabhyate, undertaken; mohat, out of delusion, non-discrimination; anapeksya, without consideration of; its anubandham, conseence, the result which accrues later; ksayam, loss-that losss which is incurred in the form of loss of energy or loss of wealth in the course of any action; himsam, harm, suffering to creatures; and paurusam, ability, prowess-one’s own ability fest as, ‘I shall be able to complete this task’;-without consideration of these, from ‘conseence’ to ‘ability’, ucyate, is said to be; tamasam, born of tamas.

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