Prescribed duties performed as an offering to me, without consideration of the fruit, is considered to be in sattva. Prescribed actions performed with a desire to enjoy the results but offered to me is in rajas. And work impelled by violence and envy is in tamas. He who performs prescribed duties which are offered to me is in sattva. Nārada has said: naiṣkarmyam apy acyuta-bhāva-varjitaṁ na śobhate jṣānam alaṁ niraṣjanam | kutaḥ punaḥ śaśvad abhadram īśvare na cārpitaṁ karma yad apy akāraṇam || Even the stage of jṣāna without the bondage of karma is not glorious because it is devoid of bhakti to the Supreme Lord. What is the use of having destroyed ignorance? What to speak of sakāma-karma which is suffering during practice and perfection, and niṣkāma-karma, when not offered to the Lord? SB 1.5.12 Thus, any karma prescribed in dharma-śāstra, if not offered to the Lord, is useless. That statement should be considered in the present verse. The daily duties should be offered to me. Even kāmya-karmas, without desire for material results, should be offered to me. These actions are in sattva. Kāmya-karmas, with a desire for results, but offered to me, are in rajas. Activities mentioned in irreligious scriptures with an aim to commit violence are in tamas. The word ādi indicates acts done with pride or envy. Pure worship with hearing and chanting is beyond the guṇas.