BG - 18.25

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

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

• 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

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).

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