Chapter 18. Conclusion--The Perfection of Renunciation
TEXT 23
niyatam sanga-rahitam
araga-dvesatah krtam
aphala-prepsuna karma
yat tat sattvikam ucyate
SYNONYMS
niyatam--regulative;
sanga-rahitam--without attachment; araga-dvesatah--without
love or hatred; krtam--done; aphala-prepsuna--without fruitive
result; karma--acts; yat--which; tat--that; sattvikam--in
the mode of goodness; ucyate--is called.
TRANSLATION
As for actions,
that action in accordance with duty, which is performed without attachment,
without love or hate, by one who has renounced fruitive results, is called
action in the mode of goodness.
PURPORT
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 Krsna consciousness
for the satisfaction of the Supreme, without self-satisfaction or self-gratification,
are called actions in the mode of goodness.
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