कार्यमित्येव यत्कर्म नियतं क्रियतेऽर्जुन | सङ्गं त्यक्त्वा फलं चैव स त्यागः सात्त्विको मतः
kāryamityeva yatkarma niyataṃ kriyate.arjuna . saṅgaṃ tyaktvā phalaṃ caiva sa tyāgaḥ sāttviko mataḥ
ಓ ಅರ್ಜುನ, ಇದು ಕರ್ತವ್ಯವೆಂದೇ ಯಾವ ನಿಯತ ಕರ್ಮವನ್ನು, ಸಂಗವನ್ನು ಮತ್ತು ಫಲವನ್ನು ತ್ಯಜಿಸಿ ಮಾಡಲಾಗುವುದೋ, ಆ ತ್ಯಾಗವು ಸಾತ್ತ್ವಿಕವೆಂದು ಪರಿಗಣಿಸಲ್ಪಟ್ಟಿದೆ.
Whatever obligatory duty is performed just because it is a bounden duty, O Arjuna, by giving up attachment and the result as well,-that renunciation is considered to be based on sattva.
ಶುದ್ಧ ಸ್ವಭಾವದ ಮನುಷ್ಯನು ತನ್ನ ಸಾಮರ್ಥ್ಯ ಮತ್ತು ಸಹಜ ಸ್ವಭಾವಕ್ಕೆ ಅನುಗುಣವಾಗಿ ತನ್ನ ಪಾಲಿಗೆ ಬಂದ ಕರ್ಮಗಳನ್ನು ನಿರ್ವಹಿಸುತ್ತಾನೆ. ತಾನು ಕರ್ಮಗಳನ್ನು ಮಾಡುವವನೆಂಬ ಅಹಂಕಾರವಾಗಲಿ, ಅದರಿಂದ ಯಾವುದೇ ಲಾಭವನ್ನು ನಿರೀಕ್ಷಿಸುವುದಾಗಲಿ ಇರುವುದಿಲ್ಲ. ಕರ್ಮಫಲದ ತ್ಯಾಗವೇ ಇಲ್ಲಿ ಪ್ರಶಂಸನೀಯ. ನಿಸ್ವಾರ್ಥವಾಗಿ ಮತ್ತು ಅಹಂಕಾರವಿಲ್ಲದೆ ಕರ್ತವ್ಯಗಳನ್ನು ನಿರ್ವಹಿಸಿದಾಗ ಮನಸ್ಸು ಶುದ್ಧವಾಗಿ ಆತ್ಮಜ್ಞಾನಕ್ಕೆ ಅರ್ಹವಾಗುತ್ತದೆ.
A man of pure nature performs actions that have fallen to his lot in accordance with his capacity and his inherent nature. He is not filled with the pride that he is the performer of such actions nor does he hope for any gain therefrom.An ignorant man may think that the obligatory duties may produce their fruits for the performer by causing selfpurification and preventing the sin of omission or nonperformance. This sort of thinking and expectation of rewards also must be abandoned. Abandonment of the rewards of actions is praised in this verse.When a man does obligatory duties without agency and with unselfishness and egolessness his,mind is purified? his Antahkarana is prepared for the reception of the divine light or the dawn of Selfknowledge. He gradually becomes fit for devotion to knowledge (JnanaNishtha).The aspirant or seeker after liberation should be prepared to undergo physical sufferings. All acts of selfdiscipline and selfsacrifice entail physical suffering.This? again? is the central teaching of the Gita -- do your duty without attachment and selfish desires.