Chapter 18
Moksha Sanyasa Yoga
Verse 9
Sanskrit
कार्यमित्येव यत्कर्म नियतं क्रियतेऽर्जुन । सङ्गं त्यक्त्वा फलं चैव स त्यागः सात्त्विको मतः ॥९॥
Hindi Translation
हे अर्जुन! जो शास्त्रविहित कर्म करना कर्तव्य है—इसी भाव से आसक्ति और फल का त्याग करके किया जाता है—वही सात्त्विक त्याग माना गया है ॥९॥
English Translation
A prescribed duty which is performed simply because it has to be performed, giving up attachment and fruit, that alone has been recognized as the Sattvika form of renunciation. (18.9)