Verse 18.9

कार्यमित्येव यत्कर्म नियतं क्रियतेऽर्जुन।सङ्गं त्यक्त्वा फलं चैव स त्यागः सात्त्विको मतः।।18.9।।

— Sanskrit (gita/gita data/verse.json)

kāryam ity eva yat karma niyataṁ kriyate ‘rjuna saṅgaṁ tyaktvā phalaṁ chaiva sa tyāgaḥ sāttviko mataḥ

— Transliteration (gita/gita data/verse.json)

Whatever obligatory action is done, O Arjuna, merely because it ought to be done, abandoning attachment and also the desire for reward, that renunciation is regarded as sattvic (pure).

— English — Swami Sivananda (praneshp1org/Bhagavad-Gita-JSON-data translation.json)

।।18.9।।हे अर्जुन ! 'केवल कर्तव्यमात्र करना है' -- ऐसा समझकर जो नियत कर्म आसक्ति और फलका त्याग करके किया जाता है, वही सात्त्विक त्याग माना गया है।

— Hindi — Swami Ramsukhdas (praneshp1org/Bhagavad-Gita-JSON-data translation.json)

kāryam—as a duty; iti—as; eva—indeed; yat—which; karma niyatam—obligatory actions; kriyate—are performed; arjuna—Arjun; saṅgam—attachment; tyaktvā—relinquishing; phalam—reward; cha—and; eva—certainly; saḥ—such; tyāgaḥ—renunciation of desires for enjoying the fruits of actions; sāttvikaḥ—in the mode of goodness; mataḥ—considered

— Word meanings (gita/gita data/verse.json)