BG - 18.9

कार्यमित्येव यत्कर्म नियतं क्रियतेऽर्जुन।सङ्गं त्यक्त्वा फलं चैव स त्यागः सात्त्विको मतः।।18.9।।

kāryam ity eva yat karma niyataṁ kriyate ‘rjuna saṅgaṁ tyaktvā phalaṁ chaiva sa tyāgaḥ sāttviko mataḥ

• kāryam - as a duty
• iti - as
• eva - indeed
• yat - which
• karma niyatam - obligatory actions
• kriyate - are performed
• arjuna - Arjun
• saṅgam - attachment
• tyaktvā - relinquishing
• phalam - reward
• cha - and
• eva - certainly
• saḥ - such
• tyāgaḥ - renunciation of desires for enjoying the fruits of actions
• sāttvikaḥ - in the mode of goodness
• mataḥ - considered

Translation

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).

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