अनुबन्धं क्षयं हिंसामनवेक्ष्य च पौरुषम् । मोहादारभ्यते कर्म यत्तत्तामसमुच्यते ।।25।।
जो कर्म परिणाम, हानि, हिंसा और सामर्थ्य को न विचार कर केवल अज्ञान से आरम्भ किया जाता है, वह तामस कहा जाता है ।।25।।
That action which is undertaken through sheer ignorance, without counting the upshot, loss to oneself, injury to others and one's own capacity, is called as action in the mode of ignorance (Tamasika).(25)
