Bhagavad Gita · 18.26
॥
Devanāgarī
मुक्तसङ्गोऽनहंवादी धृत्युत्साहसमन्वितः ।
सिद्ध्यसिद्ध्योर्निर्विकारः कर्ता सात्त्विक उच्यते ॥
Transliteration (IAST)
mukta-saṅgo 'nahaṁ-vādī dhṛty-utsāha-samanvitaḥ |
siddhy-asiddhyor nirvikāraḥ kartā sāttvika ucyate ||
Word-by-word
SanskritIASTMeaning
मुक्तसङ्गःmukta-saṅgaḥone who is free from attachment.
अनहंवादीan-ahaṁ-vādīone who does not say (“I, I”), free from false ego.
धृत्युत्साहसमन्वितःdhṛti-utsāha-samanvitaḥfilled (samanvitaḥ) with determination (dhṛti) and enthusiasm (utsāha).
सिद्ध्यसिद्ध्योःsiddhi-asiddhyoḥtoward success (siddhi) and failure (asiddhi).
निर्विकारःnirvikāraḥunmoved, not subject to change.
कर्ताkartāthe doer.
सात्त्विकःsāttvikaḥin the mode of goodness.
उच्यतेucyateis called.
Translation
“A doer who is free from material attachments and false ego, filled with determination and enthusiasm, and unmoved by success and failure alike, is called a doer in the mode of goodness.”
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