Chapter 14, Verse 16
कर्मणः सुकृतस्याहुः सात्त्विकं निर्मलं फलम्। रजसस्तु फलं दुःखमज्ञानं तमसः फलम्।।14.16।।
karmaṇaḥ sukṛtasyāhuḥ sāttvikaṃ nirmalaṃ phalam. rajasastu phalaṃ duḥkhamajñānaṃ tamasaḥ phalam..14.16..
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- कर्मणः
- of action
- सुकृतस्य
- good/righteous (action)
- आहुः
- they say
- सात्त्विकम्
- of the nature of sattva (goodness)
- निर्मलम्
- pure, stainless
- फलम्
- fruit, result
- रजसः
- of rajas (passion)
- तु
- but, indeed
- फलम्
- fruit, result
- दुःखम्
- sorrow, pain
- अज्ञानम्
- ignorance
- तमसः
- of tamas (darkness)
- फलम्
- fruit, result
Commentary
16. The fruit of good action, they say, is Sattvic f and pure ; while the fruit of Rajas is pain, and ignorance is the fruit of Tamas.
Source: Alladi Mahadeva Sastri, The Bhagavad-Gita with the Commentary of Sri Shankaracharya (1897), public domain
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कर्मणः
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आहुः
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निर्मलम्
फलम्
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फलम्
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