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Bhagavad-gītā 18.23
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A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
TEXT 23
- नियतं सङ्गरहितमरागद्वेषतः कृतम् ।
- अफलप्रेप्सुना कर्म यत्तत्सात्त्विकमुच्यते ॥२३॥
- niyataṁ saṅga-rahitam
- arāga-dveṣataḥ kṛtam
- aphala-prepsunā karma
- yat tat sāttvikam ucyate
niyatamregulated — regulated; saṅgawithout attachment-rahitamwithout attachment — without attachment; arāgawithout love or hatred-dveṣataḥwithout love or hatred — without love or hatred; kṛtamdone — done; aphalaby one without desire for fruitive result-prepsunāby one without desire for fruitive result — by one without desire for fruitive result; karmaaction — action; yatwhich — which; tatthat — that; sāttvikamin the mode of goodness — in the mode of goodness; ucyateis called — is called.
That action which is regulated and which is performed without attachment, without love or hatred, and without desire for fruitive results is said to be in the mode of goodness.
Regulated occupational duties, as prescribed in the scriptures in terms of the different orders and divisions of society, performed without attachment or proprietary rights and therefore without any love or hatred, and performed in Kṛṣṇa consciousness for the satisfaction of the Supreme, without self-satisfaction or self-gratification, are called actions in the mode of goodness.