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Krishna

18.8 दुःखमित्येव यत्कर्म कायक्लेशभयात्त्यजेत्।स कृत्वा राजसं त्यागं नैव त्यागफलं लभेत्

duḥkhamityeva yatkarma kāyakleśabhayāttyajet | sa kṛtvā rājasaṃ tyāgaṃ naiva tyāgaphalaṃ labhet

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duḥkham—troublesome;iti—as;eva—indeed;yat—which;karma—duties;kāya—bodily;kleśha—discomfort;bhayāt—out of fear;tyajet—giving up;saḥ—they;kṛitvā—having done;rājasam—in the mode of passion;tyāgam—renunciation of desires for enjoying the fruits of actions;na—never;eva—certainly;tyāga—renunciation of desires for enjoying the fruits of actions;phalam—result;labhet—attain

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My Personal Gita

Dr. S. Sankaranarayan

He who would, out of fear of bodily exertion, relinquish an action just because it is painful—that person, having thus made relinquishment an act of the Rajas (Strand), would not at all gain the fruit of that relinquishment.

Shri Purohit Swami

To avoid an action through fear of physical suffering, because it is likely to be painful, is to act from passion, and the benefit of renunciation will not follow.

Swami Adidevananda

He who renounces acts as painful from fear of bodily suffering, performs a Rajasika abandonment; he does not gain the fruit of abandonment.

Swami Gambirananda

Whatever action one may relinquish merely as being painful, from fear of physical suffering, he, having resorted to renunciation based on rajas, will surely not acquire the fruits of renunciation.

Swami Sivananda

He who abandons action on account of the fear of bodily trouble (because it is painful), he does not obtain the merit of renunciation by doing such Rajasic renunciation.

Krishna

18.10 न द्वेष्ट्यकुशलं कर्म कुशले नानुषज्जते।त्यागी सत्त्वसमाविष्टो मेधावी छिन्नसंशयः

na dveṣṭyakuśalaṃ karma kuśale nānuṣajjate | tyāgī sattvasamāviṣṭo medhāvī chinnasaṃśayaḥ

Word meanings

na—neither;dveṣhṭi—hate;akuśhalam—disagreeable;karma—work;kuśhale—to an agreeable;na—nor;anuṣhajjate—seek;tyāgī—one who renounces desires for enjoying the fruits of actions;sattva—in the mode of goodness;samāviṣhṭaḥ—endowed with;medhāvī—intelligent;chhinna-sanśhayaḥ—those who have no doubts

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My Personal Gita

Dr. S. Sankaranarayan

The man of renunciation, who is well-possessed of Sattva, is wise and has his doubts destroyed—he does not hate unskilled action and does not cling to skilled action.

Shri Purohit Swami

The wise man who has attained purity, whose doubts are solved, who is filled with the spirit of self-abnegation, does not shrink from action because it brings pain, nor does he desire it because it brings pleasure.

Swami Adidevananda

One who has abandoned, who is imbued with Sattva, who is wise, whose doubts have been dispelled - such a person hates not disagreeable acts nor clings to agreeable ones.

Swami Gambirananda

The man of renunciation who has become imbued with sattva, who is wise and freed from doubts, does not hate unbefitting action, nor does he become attached to befitting activity.

Swami Sivananda

The man of renunciation, pervaded by purity, intelligent and with his doubts cut asunder, does not hate a disagreeable work nor is he attached to an agreeable one.

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18.9 कार्यमित्येव यत्कर्म नियतं क्रियतेऽर्जुन।सङ्गं त्यक्त्वा फलं चैव स त्यागः सात्त्विको मतः

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Word meanings

kāryam—as a duty;iti—as;eva—indeed;yat—which;karma niyatam—obligatory actions;kriyate—are performed;arjuna—Arjun;saṅgam—attachment;tyaktvā—relinquishing;phalam—reward;cha—and;eva—certainly;saḥ—such;tyāgaḥ—renunciation of desires for enjoying the fruits of actions;sāttvikaḥ—in the mode of goodness;mataḥ—considered

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My Personal Gita

Dr. S. Sankaranarayan

"This is a thing to be performed" - just on that ground, whatever usual action is performed, relinquishing attachment and also fruit - that act of relinquishment is deemed to be of the Sattva (strand).

Shri Purohit Swami

He who performs an obligatory action, because he believes it to be a duty which ought to be done, without any personal desire to do the act or to receive any return - such renunciation is Pure.

Swami Adidevananda

When actions are performed as what ought to be done, O Arjuna, renouncing attachment and also fruits, such abandonment is regarded as Sattvika.

Swami Gambirananda

Whatever obligatory duty is performed just because it is a bounden duty, O Arjuna, by giving up attachment and the result as well,-that renunciation is considered to be based on sattva.

Swami Sivananda

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 Sattwic!