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Bhagavad Gītā (Kashmirian recension)18.25

18.25
अनुबन्धं क्षयं हिंसामनवेक्ष्य च पौरुषम् । मोहादारभ्यते कर्म यत्तत्तामसमुच्यते ॥ १८-२५ ॥
anubandhaṃ kṣayaṃ hiṃsāmanavekṣya ca pauruṣam | mohādārabhyate karma yattattāmasamucyate || 18-25 ||
— consequence, loss, injury ; — and one's own capacity, without regarding ; — action which is undertaken out of delusion ; — that is called tāmasic

Action that is undertaken out of delusion, without regard for its consequence, for loss, for injury, or for one's own capacity — that is called tāmasic.