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Bhagavad Gita 18.12

अनिष्टमिष्टं मिश्रं च त्रिविधं कर्मणः फलम्।भवत्यत्यागिनां प्रेत्य न तु संन्यासिनां क्वचित्।।

aniṣhṭam iṣhṭaṁ miśhraṁ cha tri-vidhaṁ karmaṇaḥ phalam bhavaty atyāgināṁ pretya na tu sannyāsināṁ kvachit

Word-by-Word

SanskritTransliterationMeaning
aniṣhṭamaniṣhṭamunpleasant
iṣhṭamiṣhṭampleasant
miśhrammiśhrammixed
chachaand
tri-vidhamtri-vidhamthree-fold
karmaṇaḥ phalamkarmaṇaḥ phalamfruits of actions
bhavatibhavatiaccrue
atyāgināmatyāgināmto those who are attached to persona reward
pretyapretyaafter death
nananot
tutubut
sanyāsināmsanyāsināmfor the renouncers of actions
kvachitkvachitever

The threefold fruit of action (evil, good, and mixed) accrues after death to those who do not abandon it, but never to those who do.

कर्मों के शुभ, अशुभ और मिश्र ये त्रिविध फल केवल अत्यागी जनों को मरण के पश्चात् भी प्राप्त होते हैं; परन्तु संन्यासी पुरुषों को कदापि नहीं।।