Chapter 18, Verse 23
नियतं सङ्गरहितमरागद्वेषतः कृतम्। अफलप्रेप्सुना कर्म यत्तत्सात्त्विकमुच्यते।।18.23।।
niyataṃ saṅgarahitamarāgadveṣataḥ kṛtam. aphalaprepsunā karma yattatsāttvikamucyate.18.23.
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- नियतम्
- regulated/prescribed (by scripture)
- सङ्गरहितम्
- free from attachment
- अरागद्वेषतः
- without attraction or aversion
- कृतम्
- performed/done
- अफलप्रेप्सुना
- by one not desiring the fruit
- कर्म
- action
- यत्
- which
- तत्
- that
- सात्त्विकम्
- of the nature of sattva (goodness)
- उच्यते
- is called
Commentary
23. An action which is ordained, which is free from attachment, which is done without love or hatred by one not desirous of the fruit, that action is declared to be Sattvic.
Source: Alladi Mahadeva Sastri, The Bhagavad-Gita with the Commentary of Sri Shankaracharya (1897), public domain
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नियतम्
सङ्गरहितम्
अरागद्वेषतः
कृतम्
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कर्म
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तत्
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