Chapter 14 · Verse 16The Three Modes of Nature
Bhagavad Gita 14.16
BG 14.16 — Chapter 14 (The Three Modes of Nature), Verse 16, with Sanskrit, transliteration & translation.
कर्मणः सुकृतस्याहुः सात्त्विकं निर्मलं फलम् | रजसस्तु फलं दुःखमज्ञानं तमसः फलम् ||१४-१६||
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karmaṇaḥ sukṛtasyāhuḥ sāttvikaṃ nirmalaṃ phalam . rajasastu phalaṃ duḥkhamajñānaṃ tamasaḥ phalam ||14-16||
Roman: karmanah sukrtasyahuh sattvikam nirmalam phalam . rajasastu phalam duhkhamajnanam tamasah phalam
The fruit of good action, they say, is Sattvic and pure, verily the fruit of Rajas is pain, and ignorance is the fruit of Tamas.