Prompted by selfish desire: Renunciation and Surrender

But even though an action involves the most strenuous endeavor, yet if the doer is seeking to gratify their desires and is filled with personal vanity, it may be assumed to originate in passion.

— Shri Purohit Swami (1935), public domain

This draft lesson introduces Bhagavad Gita 18.24 through stronger key ideas from the verse: prompted by selfish desire, action, in the nature of passion. In the context of Renunciation and Surrender, learners connect Sanskrit vocabulary to the verse's teaching before applying it to daily choices. Review this draft before publication.