Bhagavad Gita Bhashya (Adi Shankaracharya) 14.16
Bhagavad Gita Bhashya (Adi Shankaracharya) 14.16 · 14 · Verse 16
Sanskrit Original
।।14.16।। --,कर्मणः सुकृतस्य सात्त्विकस्य इत्यर्थः? आहुः शिष्टाः सात्त्विकम् एव निर्मलं फलम् इति। रजसस्तु फलं दुःखं राजसस्य कर्मणः इत्यर्थः? कर्माधिकारात् फलम् अपि दुःखम् एव? कारणानुरूप्यात् राजसमेव। तथा अज्ञानं तमसः तामसस्य कर्मणः अधर्मस्य पूर्ववत्।।किं च गुणेभ्यो भवति --,
14.16 Ahuh, they, the wise persons, say; that phalam, the result; sukrtasya, of good; karmanah, work, i.e. acts having the sattva ality; is verily nirmalam, pure; and is sattvikam, born of sattva. Tu, but; phalam, the result; rajasah, of rajas, i.e. of acts that have the alitty of rajas-for the topic relates to actions; is duhkham, sorrow. In accordance with its cause, the result too is indeed sorrow, a product of rajas. So also ajnanam, ignorance; is, as before, (the result) tamasah, of tamas, of unrighteous acts that have the ality of tamas. What else results from the alities?