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Chapter 18 · Verse 12 · Moksha Sanyaas Yoga

Bhagavad Gita 18.12

transformative Karma & Action Attachment & Letting Go Moksha & Liberation

Sanskrit

अनिष्टमिष्टं मिश्रं च त्रिविधं कर्मणः फलम्।भवत्यत्यागिनां प्रेत्य न तु संन्यासिनां क्वचित्।।18.12।।

Transliteration

aniṣhṭam iṣhṭaṁ miśhraṁ cha tri-vidhaṁ karmaṇaḥ phalam bhavaty atyāgināṁ pretya na tu sannyāsināṁ kvachit

Word by Word

aniṣhṭam unpleasant
iṣhṭam pleasant
miśhram mixed
cha and
tri-vidham three-fold
karmaṇaḥ phalam fruits of actions
bhavati accrue
atyāginām to those who are attached to persona reward
pretya after death
na not
tu but
sanyāsinām for the renouncers of actions
kvachit ever
Simplified Perspective

The fruits of karma are inescapable for those who cling to results—pleasant, unpleasant, or mixed experiences follow them like shadows across lifetimes. But the renunciate, the one who has truly surrendered action to the Divine, transcends this cycle entirely; their consciousness no longer identifies with outcomes, and so no karmic debt accrues.

When you release the grip of 'I did this for my gain,' you step outside the law of consequences—not through escape, but through the death of the ego that claims the fruits.

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Bhagavad Gita 18.12 — BG 18.12

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Sanskrit text from the Bhagavad Gita (public domain). Commentary © Mahakatha.

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