# Bhagavad Gita 18.24

**Canonical reference:** `gita.18.24`  
**Speaker:** Krishna  
**Corpus version:** gita-1.0.0-rc.1

## Sanskrit (Devanagari)

यत्तु कामेप्सुना कर्म साहंकारेण वा पुनः।
क्रियते बहुलायासं तद्राजसमुदाहृतम् ॥

## IAST

yattu kāmepsunā karma sāhaṃkāreṇa vā punaḥ
kriyate bahulāyāsaṃ tadrājasamudāhṛtam

## English — Kashinath Trimbak Telang, 1882

which (occasions) much trouble is performed by one who wishes for objects of desire or one who is full of egotism. The action is called dark which is commenced through delusion without regard to consequences

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