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

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

Sanskrit Chant Recitation
Chapter 18, Verse 25
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Sanskrit to English Translation

Translator:
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).

A Reading - Rantideb

Why: action undertaken from delusion, without regard for consequence, loss, injury, or one's own capacity, is said to be of ignorance, describing careless, poorly considered action, taken without proper assessment of its actual effects or your own real ability to carry it through.

In life: undertaking something significant without any real consideration of its likely consequences or an honest assessment of your own actual capacity to follow through is a specific, recognizable form of carelessness worth catching before committing further.

Teaching: before committing further to a significant undertaking, run this specific check, have you honestly considered the likely consequences and your own real capacity, or is this decision being made carelessly, without proper regard for either?

anubandhamconsequences
kṣhayamloss
hinsāminjury
anapekṣhyaby disregarding
chaand
pauruṣhamone’s own ability
mohātout of delusion
ārabhyateis begun
karmaaction
yatwhich
tatthat
tāmasamin the mode of ignorance
uchyateis declared to be

Deep Classical Commentary (Bhashya)

Author:
18.25 अनुबन्धम् conseence? क्षयम् loss? हिंसाम् injury? अनपेक्ष्य without regard? च and? पौरुषम् (ones own) ability? मोहात् from delusion? आरभ्यते is undertaken? कर्म action? यत् which? तत् that? तामसम् Tamasic (dark)? उच्यते is said.Commentary Tamasic acts cause harm to others. A Tamasic man reflects not at all whether he has the capacity to perform these useless actions? but continues to act blindly. With utter thoughtlessness he sets aside any reflection as to the difficulty of performing the action and what the result of it would be. He carries it on in his own egoistical manner. He does not discriminate between the good and the bad? or what is ones own and what belongs to another.Kshayam Loss of power and of wealth? resulting from the performance of an action.Himsa Injury to living beings.Paurusham Ones own ability or capacity to complete the work.Now listen to the characteristics that pertain to the pure agent. The Lord proceeds to deal with the distinction among the agents.