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Chapter 18 · Verse 23The Yoga of Liberation and Renunciation

Bhagavad Gita 18.23

BG 18.23 — Chapter 18 (The Yoga of Liberation and Renunciation), Verse 23, with Sanskrit, transliteration & translation.

नियतं सङ्गरहितमरागद्वेषतः कृतम् | अफलप्रेप्सुना कर्म यत्तत्सात्त्विकमुच्यते ||१८-२३||

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niyataṃ saṅgarahitamarāgadveṣataḥ kṛtam . aphalaprepsunā karma yattatsāttvikamucyate ||18-23||

Roman: niyatam sangarahitamaragadveshatah krtam . aphalaprepsuna karma yattatsattvikamucyate

An action which is ordained, which is free from attachment, and which is done without love or hatred by one who is not desirous of any reward that action is declared to be Sattvic.