Chapter 18 · Verse 9The Yoga of Liberation and Renunciation
Bhagavad Gita 18.9
BG 18.9 — Chapter 18 (The Yoga of Liberation and Renunciation), Verse 9, with Sanskrit, transliteration & translation.
कार्यमित्येव यत्कर्म नियतं क्रियतेऽर्जुन | सङ्गं त्यक्त्वा फलं चैव स त्यागः सात्त्विको मतः ||१८-९||
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kāryamityeva yatkarma niyataṃ kriyate.arjuna . saṅgaṃ tyaktvā phalaṃ caiva sa tyāgaḥ sāttviko mataḥ ||18-9||
Roman: karyamityeva yatkarma niyatam kriyate.arjuna . sangam tyaktva phalam caiva sa tyagah sattviko matah
Whatever obligatory action is done, O Arjuna, merely because it ought to be done, abandoning attachment and also the desire for reward, that renunciation is regarded as Sattvic (pure).