अनुबन्धं क्षयं हिंसामनपेक्ष्य च पौरुषम्।
मोहादारभ्यते कर्म यत्तत्तामसमुच्यते।।18.25।।
Verse Audio
anubandhaṁ kṣhayaṁ hinsām anapekṣhya cha pauruṣham
mohād ārabhyate karma yat tat tāmasam uchyate
Core Philosophical Concepts
threefold knowledge action doer
guna psychology
ethical taxonomy
character diagnostics
motivational clarity
Word-by-Word Meanings
anubandham (anubandham) — consequences; kṣhayam (kṣhayam) — loss; hinsām (hinsām) — injury; anapekṣhya (anapekṣhya) — by disregarding; cha (cha) — and; pauruṣham (pauruṣham) — one’s own ability; mohāt (mohāt) — out of delusion; ārabhyate (ārabhyate) — is begun; karma (karma) — action; yat (yat) — which; tat (tat) — that; tāmasam (tāmasam) — in the mode of ignorance; uchyate (uchyate) — is declared to be;
Translation (English)
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).
Translation (Hindi)
।।18.25।। जो कर्म परिणाम, हानि, हिंसा और सार्मथ्य (पौरुषम्) का विचार न करके केवल मोहवश आरम्भ किया जाता है, वह कर्म तामस कहलाता है।।
Verse Summary(English)
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). It analyzes causality, agency, and guna-based quality in knowledge, action, and the doer.
Verse Summary(Hindi)
जो कर्म परिणाम, हानि, हिंसा और सार्मथ्य (पौरुषम्) का विचार न करके केवल मोहवश आरम्भ किया जाता है, वह कर्म तामस कहलाता है।। यह भाग ज्ञान, कर्म और कर्ता की त्रिविध गुणवत्ता का मनोवैज्ञानिक विश्लेषण करता है।