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Bhagavad Gita · 18.12 · Yoga through the Perfection of Renunciation and Surrender·12 of 78

अनिष्टमिष्टं मिश्रं च त्रिविधं कर्मणः फलम्भवत्यत्यागिनां प्रेत्य न तु संन्यासिनां क्वचित्

aniṣhṭam iṣhṭaṁ miśhraṁ cha tri-vidhaṁ karmaṇaḥ

phalam bhavaty atyāgināṁ pretya na tu sannyāsināṁ kvachit

Sanskrit recitation

True renunciation · 18.1–18.12 · Teaching

Translation

The threefold fruit of action (evil, good, and mixed) accrues after death to those who do not abandon it, but never to those who do.

Meaning

One fruit (of action) is pleasant, another is unpleasant, while the third is a mixture of both. Those in whom good actions preponderate are rorn as gods. Men of evil lives are rorn into animal or vegetable kingdoms. If their actions are eally good and bad, they are rorn into the human kingodm. These distinctions of good, evil and mixed do not exist for the liberated sage who has gone beyond the bonds of Karma by destroying egoism, by annihilating the idea of agency and by abandoning the hope of rewards of actions.The action of a renouncer does not generate desire or attachment thereto. Therefore, after death he is not born again. The actions that are performed without any desire for the reward can bring no bondage to the man at any time.He who has surrendered the fruits of all his works to the Lord is free from the bondage of Karma. Some kind of action is inevitable and natural to all beings, but the man of renunciation abandons the fruits of actions.Phalam Fruit This is caused by the operation of various external factors. This is brought forth by Avidya (ignornace). It is like jugglery and very delusive

After Swami Sivananda

True renunciation· 18.1–18.12

Teachers usually read this idea across several verses together, one shared reflection covers the whole unit.

Word-by-word
na
not
tu
but
cha
and
pretya
after death
bhavati
accrue
kvachit
ever
miśhram
mixed
iṣhṭam
pleasant
tri-vidham
three-fold
atyāginām
to those who are attached to persona reward
aniṣhṭam
unpleasant
sanyāsinām
for the renouncers of actions
karmaṇaḥ phalam
fruits of actions

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