ಅಧ್ಯಾಯ 18, Slok 23

Text

ನಿಯತಂ ಸಙ್ಗರಹಿತಮರಾಗದ್ವೇಷತಃ ಕೃತಮ್ | ಅಫಲಪ್ರೇಪ್ಸುನಾ ಕರ್ಮ ಯತ್ತತ್ಸಾತ್ತ್ವಿಕಮುಚ್ಯತೇ ||೧೮-೨೩||

Transliteration

niyataṃ saṅgarahitamarāgadveṣataḥ kṛtam . aphalaprepsunā karma yattatsāttvikamucyate ||18-23||

Meanings

18.23 That obligatory act is said to be Sattvika which is done without attachment, without desire or aversion, by one who seeks no fruit. - Adi