अनुबन्धं क्षयं हिंसामनपेक्ष्य च पौरुषम् | मोहादारभ्यते कर्म यत्तत्तामसमुच्यते ||१८-२५||
anubandhaṃ kṣayaṃ hiṃsāmanapekṣya ca pauruṣam . mohādārabhyate karma yattattāmasamucyate ||18-25||
Chapter 18 · Verse 25
Moksha Sannyasa Yoga
मोक्षसंन्यासयोग
In plain words
Tamasic acts cause harm to others. A Tamasic man reflects not at all whether he has the capacity to perform these useless actions but continues to act blindly. With utter thoughtlessness he sets aside any reflection as to the difficulty of performing the action and what the result of it would be.
Translation
18.25 That act is said to be Tamasika which is undertaken through delusion, without regard to conseences, loss, injury and one's own capacity.
Meaning
Tamasic acts cause harm to others. A Tamasic man reflects not at all whether he has the capacity to perform these useless actions but continues to act blindly. With utter thoughtlessness he sets aside any reflection as to the difficulty of performing the action and what the result of it would be. He carries it on in his own egoistical manner. He does not discriminate between the good and the bad or what is ones own and what belongs to another. Kshayam Loss of power and of wealth resulting from the performance of an action. Himsa Injury to living beings. Paurusham Ones own ability or capacity to complete the work. Now listen to the characteristics that pertain to the pure agent. The Lord proceeds to deal with the distinction among the agents.
Word by word
अनुबन्धम् conseence क्षयम् loss हिंसाम् injury अनपेक्ष्य without regard च and पौरुषम् (ones own) ability मोहात् from delusion आरभ्यते is undertaken कर्म action यत् which तत् that तामसम् Tamasic (dark) उच्यते is said.