niyataṃ saṅga-rahitam arāga-dveṣataḥ kṛtam
aphala-prepsunā karma yat tat sāttvikam ucyate
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aphala-prepsunā [
puruṣeṇa]
(by a person not desiring the fruit) yat niyatam (which is steady) saṅga-rahitam (without attachment) arāga-dveṣataḥ (out of lack of passion and hatred) kṛtam [
bhavati]
(it is done),
tat karma (that activity) sāttvikam (sattvic) ucyate (it is called).
| niyatam |
– |
niyata (ni-√yam – to hold back, to regulate) PP 1n.1 n. – regular, steady;
or av. – constantly, decidedly; |
| saṅga-rahitam |
– |
saṅga-rahita 1n.1 n.; yat saṅgena rahitam asti tat – who is without attachment (from: sam-√gam – come together or √sañj – to attach, to stick, to embrace, saṅga – clinging, contact, relation, desire, attachment; rahita – deserted, lonely, deprived of what? requires instrumental or genitive); |
| a-rāga-dveṣataḥ |
– |
av. – out of lack of passion and hatred (from: √rañj – to be dyed, be excited, be delighted, rāga – colour, passion, affection, love, beauty; √dviṣ – to hate, dveṣa – hatred, enmity; indeclinable ablative with an ending -tas); |
| kṛtam |
– |
kṛta (√kṛ – to do) PP 1n.1 n. – done, made; |
| a-phala-prepsunā |
– |
a-phala-prepsu 3n.1 m.; TP: yaḥ phalam āptuṁ necchati tena – by one not desiring the fruit (from: √phal – to ripen; phala – fruit, result; pra-√āp – to obtain, to reach, des. pra-īpsu – desiring to obtain); |
| karma |
– |
karman 1n.1 n. – activity (from: √kṛ – to do); |
| yat |
– |
yat sn. 1n.1 n. – that which; |
| tat |
– |
tat sn. 1n.1 n. – that; |
| sāttvikam |
– |
sāttvika 1n.1 n. – related to sattva (from: √as – to be, PPr sant – being, existing, true, the essence, abst. sattva – being, essence, wisdom, spirit, one of the three guṇas); |
| ucyate |
– |
√vac (to speak) Praes. pass. 1v.1 – it is said; |
sāttvikam → satyakam / sāmasam;
tat sāttvikam ucyate → tat sāttvikam udāhṛtam (that is declared sattvic);
athedānīṃ karmaṇas traividhyam ucyate—
niyataṃ nityam | saṅga-rahitam āsakti-varjitam | arāga-dveṣataḥ kṛtaṃ rāga-prayuktena dveṣa-prayuktena ca kṛtaṃ rāga-dveṣataḥ kṛtam, tad-viparītam arāga-dveṣataḥ kṛtam | aphala-prepsunā phalaṃ prepsatīti phala-prepsuḥ phala-tṛṣṇas tad-viparītenāphala-prepsunā kartrā kṛtaṃ karma yat, tat sāttvikam ucyate
evaṃ kartavyakarmaviṣayajñānasyādhikāravelāyām adhikāryaṃśena guṇatas traividhyam uktvā anuṣṭheyasya karmaṇo guṇatas traividhyam āha
niyatam svavarṇāśramocitam, saṅgarahitam kartṛtvādisaṅgarahitam, arāgadveṣataḥ kṛtam kīrtirāgād akīrtidveṣāc ca na kṛtam; adambhena kṛtam ityarthaḥ; aphalaprepsunā aphalābhisandhinā kāryam ity eva kṛtaṃ yat karma, tat sāttvikam ucyate
idānīṃ trividhaṃ karmāha – niyatam iti tribhiḥ | niyataṃ nityatayā vihitam | saṅga-rahitam abhiniveśa-śūnyam | arāga-dveṣataḥ putrādi-prītyā vāśatru-dveṣeṇa vā yat kṛtaṃ na bhavati | phalaṃ prāptum icchatīti phala-prepsuḥ | tad-vilakṣaṇena niṣkāmeṇa kartrā yat kṛtaṃ karma tat sāttvikam ucyate
trividhaṃ jñānam uktvā trividhaṃ karmāha – niyataṃ nityatayā vihitaṃ saṅga-rahitam abhiniveśa-śūnyam ataevārāga-dveṣato rāga-dveṣābhyāṃ vinaiva kṛtam aphalepsunā phalākāṅkṣā-rahitenaiva kartrā kṛtaṃ karma yat sāttvikam
atha karma-traividhyam āha – niyatam iti tribhiḥ | niyataṃ sva-varṇāśrama-vihitam | saṅga-rahitam kartṛtvābhiniveśa-varjitam | arāga-dveṣataḥ kṛtaṃ kīrtau rāgād akīrtau dveṣāc ca yan na kṛtaṃ, kintv īśvarārcanatayivāphala-prepsunā phalecchā-śūnyena yat karma kṛtaṃ tat sāttvikam
