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Bhagavad Gītā 14.16

BG 14.16

कर्मणः सुकृतस्याहुः सात्त्विकं निर्मलं फलम्।रजसस्तु फलं दुःखमज्ञानं तमसः फलम्

karmaṇaḥ sukṛitasyāhuḥ sāttvikaṁ nirmalaṁ phalam rajasas tu phalaṁ duḥkham ajñānaṁ tamasaḥ phalam

They say the fruit of a meritorious action is spotless and pure; the outcome of passion is misery, and of ignorance, darkness.

Translated by Shri Purohit Swami

They say that the fruit of good action is Sattvic and pure; indeed, the fruit of Rajas is pain, and the fruit of Tamas is ignorance.

Translated by Swami Sivananda

Word meanings (from the gita/gita dataset)

karmaṇaḥ—of action; su-kṛitasya—pure; āhuḥ—is said; sāttvikam—mode of goodness; nirmalam—pure; phalam—result; rajasaḥ—mode of passion; tu—indeed; phalam—result; duḥkham—pain; ajñānam—ignorance; tamasaḥ—mode of ignorance; phalam—result

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Cite as: Bhagavad Gītā 14.16, in HREEM (hreem.cc/library/BG/14.16), after https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/gh/gita/gita@main (gita/gita on GitHub, Unlicense).

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