Chapter 18 Verse 9 of 78

• kāryam ity eva yat karma
• niyataḿ kriyate 'rjuna
• sańgaḿ tyaktvā phalaḿ caiva
• sa tyāgaḥ sāttviko mataḥ

Translation

O Arjuna, when one performs his prescribed duty only because it ought to be done, and renounces all material association and all attachment to the fruit, his renunciation is said to be in the mode of goodness.

Synonyms

• kāryam

  it must be done

• iti

  thus

• eva

  indeed

• yat

  which

• karma

  work

• niyatam

  prescribed

• kriyate

  is performed

• arjuna

  O Arjuna

• sa

  sań

• am

  association

• tyaktvā

  giving up

• phalam

  the result

• ca

  also

• eva

  certainly

• saḥ

  that

• tyāgaḥ

  renunciation

• sāttvikaḥ

  in the mode of goodness

• mataḥ

  in My opinion.

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