Geetanjali

Bhagavad Geeta 18.12

Sanskrit

अनिष्टमिष्टं मिश्रं च त्रिविधं कर्मणः फलम्।भवत्यत्यागिनां प्रेत्य न तु संन्यासिनां क्वचित्।।18.12।।

aniṣhṭam iṣhṭaṁ miśhraṁ cha tri-vidhaṁ karmaṇaḥ phalam bhavaty atyāgināṁ pretya na tu sannyāsināṁ kvachit

Meaning

Detach from outcomes of your work. Focus on effort and duty itself, not rewards or consequences. This mindset frees you from anxiety and enables better...

Translation

The threefold results of actions—the undesirable, the desirable, and the mixed—accrue after death to those who do not resort to renunciation, but never to those who resort to renunciation.

Related Topics

This verse relates to the following principles from the Bhagavad Geeta: