Bhagavad Gita: Chapter 18/Verse 24

यत्तु कामेप्सुना कर्म साहंकारेण वा पुनः ।

क्रियते बहुलायासं तद्राजसमुदाहृतम् ॥१८- २४॥

yattu kāmepsunā karma sāhaṃkāreṇa vā punaḥ ।


kriyate bahulāyāsaṃ tadrājasamudāhṛtam ॥18- 24॥

But with wishing to attain a desire or with selfishness the action which is done again with much effort. That is declared as rajasic. 


yad (pronoun, 3rd person, neuter, nominative, singular) = which 

tu (conjunction) (indeclinable) = but

kāmepsunā (kāma + ipsunā) (masculine, instrumental, singular) = with wishing to attain a desire 

karma (neuter, nominative, singular) = action 

sāhaṃkāreṇa (masculine, instrumental, singular) = with selfishness 

vā (adverb) (indeclinable) = or

punar (adverb) (indeclinable) = again

kriyate (present tense, passive, 3rd person, singular) = it is done

bahulāyāsam (bahula + āyāsam) (masculine, accusative, singular) = much effort  

tad (pronoun, 3rd person, neuter, nominative, singular) = that 

rājasam (neuter, nominative, singular) = rajasic 

udāhṛtam (past passive participle, neuter, nominative, singular) = declared