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karmas can be classified under two heads :
(a) sakama karma ( -rfiTi Tic ) (actions
performed with attachment), (b) nishkama
karma (r)- N-)H-1 (actions performed with
detachment).
Sakama karma is one comprising
selfishness, profit motive, and expectation of
reward. There is always a feeling of ego, 'I
have done this' kind of thing, a desire for
reward for the services rendered. One goes
for making a donation, doing virtuous acts,
worshipping etc. with a desire to earn name
and fame or expectation of forgiveness of his
crimes, leading to finding a place in the
heaven. Behind all this lies the desire of getting
or gaining something. Selfishness is invariably
there. He expects to gain more by giving less.
All these are sakama karmas. Nishkama
karma is one which is performed with a sense
of duty and responsibility, in compliance with
God's wish or commandment as a matter of