BG - 18.26

मुक्तसङ्गोऽनहंवादी धृत्युत्साहसमन्वितः।सिद्ध्यसिद्ध्योर्निर्विकारः कर्ता सात्त्विक उच्यते।।18.26।।

mukta-saṅgo ‘nahaṁ-vādī dhṛity-utsāha-samanvitaḥ siddhy-asiddhyor nirvikāraḥ kartā sāttvika uchyate

• mukta-saṅgaḥ - free from worldly attachment
• anaham-vādī - free from ego
• dhṛiti - strong resolve
• utsāha - zeal
• samanvitaḥ - endowed with
• siddhi-asiddhyoḥ - in success and failure
• nirvikāraḥ - unaffected
• kartā - worker
• sāttvikaḥ - in the mode of goodness
• uchyate - is said to be

Translation

An agent who is free from attachment, non-egoistic, endowed with firmness and enthusiasm, and unaffected by success or failure, is considered to be of a Sattvic (pure) nature.

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