18.25 Action without regard Krishna speaks
अनुबन्धं क्षयं हिंसामनपेक्ष्य च पौरुषम्
मोहादारभ्यते कर्म यत्तत्तामसमुच्यते
anubandhaṁ kṣhayaṁ hinsām anapekṣhya cha pauruṣham
mohād ārabhyate karma yat tat tāmasam uchyate
Action undertaken in delusion, without regard for consequences, for loss, for harm, or for one's own capacity, is said to be of inertia.
Explanation
Action without regard.
Undertaken in delusion, without regard for consequences, for loss, for harm, or for one's own capacity.
The last item is the interesting one. Overreaching is classified with heedlessness of harm — both are failures to look before acting, which is the lowest grade's signature.
Word by word
- 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
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