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TEXT 24
yat tu kāmepsunā karma
sāhaṅkāreṇa vā punaḥ
kriyate bahulāyāsaṁ
tad rājasam udāhṛtam
yat – that which; tu – but; kāma-īpsunā – by one with desires for fruitive results; karma – work; sa-ahaṅkāreṇa – with ego; vā – or; punaḥ – again; kriyate – is 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 enacted from a sense of false ego, is called action in the mode of passion.