The Gita

Chapter 18 · Verse 12 of 78

The Yoga of Liberation through Renunciation

मोक्षसन्न्यासयोग

Meaning

Supreme God Krishna spoke

After death, individuals who remain attached to the outcomes of their actions will experience three types of consequences: good, bad, and mixed. However, those who have renounced {attachment to} the outcomes of their actions do not generate any such consequences, neither in this life nor in the afterlife. (18:12)

Sanskrit

श्रीभगवान् उवाच

अनिष्टमिष्टं मिश्रं च त्रिविधं कर्मणः फलम् ।

भवत्यत्यागिनां प्रेत्य न तु संन्यासिनां क्वचित्॥

Word-by-word

अन्-इष्टम्, इष्टम्, मिश्रम् च— त्रि-विधम् कर्मणः फलम्भ

वति अ-त्यागिनाम् प्रेत्य; न तु सन्न्यासिनाम् क्वचित्।

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