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Bhagavad Gita 14.16

कर्मणः सुकृतस्याहुः सात्त्विकं निर्मलं फलम्।रजसस्तु फलं दुःखमज्ञानं तमसः फलम्।।

karmaṇaḥ sukṛitasyāhuḥ sāttvikaṁ nirmalaṁ phalam rajasas tu phalaṁ duḥkham ajñānaṁ tamasaḥ phalam

Word-by-Word

SanskritTransliterationMeaning
karmaṇaḥkarmaṇaḥof action
su-kṛitasyasu-kṛitasyapure
āhuḥāhuḥis said
sāttvikamsāttvikammode of goodness
nirmalamnirmalampure
phalamphalamresult
rajasaḥrajasaḥmode of passion
tutuindeed
phalamphalamresult
duḥkhamduḥkhampain
ajñānamajñānamignorance
tamasaḥtamasaḥmode of ignorance
phalamphalamresult

They say that the fruit of good action is Sattvic and pure; indeed, the fruit of Rajas is pain, and the fruit of Tamas is ignorance.

शुभ कर्म का फल सात्विक और निर्मल कहा गया है; रजोगुण का फल दु;ख और तमोगुण का फल अज्ञान है।।