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यत्तु कामेप्सुना कर्म साहंकारेण वा पुनः ।
क्रियते बहुलायासं तद्राजसमुदाहृतम् ॥१८- २४॥
yattu kaamepsunaa karma saahaMkaareNa waa punaH ।
kriyate bahulaayaasaM tadraajasamudaahRRitam ॥१८- २४॥
Source: Automatic ITRANS Transliteration
But yet, passionate, expectant work, or egotistical, again,
Done with great effort, that exemplifies rajas.
Source: Milind S. Pandit
Action performed with ego, with selfish motives, and with too much effort; is declared to be Raajasika.
But action performed with great effort by one seeking to gratify his desires, and which is enacted from a sense of false ego, is called action in the mode of passion.
Source: Bhagavad Gita As It Is