BHAGAVAD-GITA 18:25

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BHAGAVAD-GITA 18:25

 

anubandham ksayam himsam

anapeksya ca paurusam

mohad arabhyate karma

yat tat tamasam ucyate

 

WORD FOR WORD

 

anubandham--of future bondage; ksayam--destruction; himsam--and

distress to others; anapeksya--without considering the consequences;

ca--also; paurusam--self-sanctioned; mohat--by illusion; arabhyate--is

begun; karma--work; yat--which; tat--that; tamasam--in the mode of

ignorance; ucyate--is said to be.

 

TRANSLATION

 

That action performed in illusion, in disregard of scriptural

injunctions, and without concern for future bondage or for violence or

distress caused to others is said to be in the mode of ignorance.

 

PURPORT

 

One has to give account of one's actions to the state or to the agents

of the Supreme Lord called the Yamadutas. Irresponsible work is

destructive because it destroys the regulative principles of

scriptural injunction. It is often based on violence and is

distressing to other living entities. Such irresponsible work is

carried out in the light of one's personal experience. This is called

illusion. And all such illusory work is a product of the mode of

ignorance.

 

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