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
亞爾諸那啊！凡是僅因其為應盡之責而履行的「尼亞塔」（Niyata）行為，捨棄了執著與果報，那樣的捨棄，被認為是「悅性」（Sattvic）的。
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.
一個純淨本性的人，會根據自身能力和固有本性，履行其應盡的行為。他不會因自己是這些行為的執行者而感到驕傲，也不會期望從中獲得任何好處。無知之人可能會認為，履行義務行為能透過自我淨化並避免疏忽或不履行之罪，為執行者帶來果報。這種思想和對回報的期望也必須捨棄。本詩節讚揚了捨棄行為果報的行為。當一個人無我、無私、無我執地履行義務行為時，他的心靈便會得到淨化；他的「內心」（Antahkarana）會為接受神聖之光或「自性」（Self）知識的覺醒做好準備。他會逐漸變得適合「知識瑜伽」（JnanaNishtha）。尋求解脫的修行者應準備好承受身體上的痛苦。所有自我約束和自我犧牲的行為都伴隨著身體上的痛苦。這再次是《薄伽梵歌》的核心教義：履行你的職責，不帶執著和自私的慾望。
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.