Bhagavad Gita 18.9
कार्यमित्येव यत्कर्म नियतं क्रियतेऽर्जुन।सङ्गं त्यक्त्वा फलं चैव स त्यागः सात्त्विको मतः।।
kāryam ity eva yat karma niyataṁ kriyate ‘rjuna saṅgaṁ tyaktvā phalaṁ chaiva sa tyāgaḥ sāttviko mataḥ
Word-by-Word
| Sanskrit | Transliteration | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| kāryam | kāryam | as a duty |
| iti | iti | as |
| eva | eva | indeed |
| yat | yat | which |
| karma niyatam | karma niyatam | obligatory actions |
| kriyate | kriyate | are performed |
| arjuna | arjuna | Arjun |
| saṅgam | saṅgam | attachment |
| tyaktvā | tyaktvā | relinquishing |
| phalam | phalam | reward |
| cha | cha | and |
| eva | eva | certainly |
| saḥ | saḥ | such |
| tyāgaḥ | tyāgaḥ | renunciation of desires for enjoying the fruits of actions |
| sāttvikaḥ | sāttvikaḥ | in the mode of goodness |
| mataḥ | mataḥ | considered |
Whatever obligatory action is done, O Arjuna, merely because it ought to be done, abandoning attachment and also the desire for reward, that renunciation is regarded as sattvic (pure).
हे अर्जुन ! "कर्म करना कर्तव्य है" ऐसा समझकर जो नियत कर्म आसक्ति और फल को त्यागकर किया जाता है, वही सात्त्विक त्याग माना गया है।।