BG - 14.16

कर्मणः सुकृतस्याहुः सात्त्विकं निर्मलं फलम्।रजसस्तु फलं दुःखमज्ञानं तमसः फलम्।।14.16।।

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

• karmaṇaḥ - of action
• su-kṛitasya - pure
• āhuḥ - is said
• sāttvikam - mode of goodness
• nirmalam - pure
• phalam - result
• rajasaḥ - mode of passion
• tu - indeed
• phalam - result
• duḥkham - pain
• ajñānam - ignorance
• tamasaḥ - mode of ignorance
• phalam - result

Translation

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.

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