न द्वेष्ट्यकुशलं कर्म कुशले नानुषज्जते ।त्यागी सत्त्वसमाविष्टो मेधावी छिन्नसंशयः ॥
na dveṣṭy akuśalaṃ karma kuśale nānuṣajjate |tyāgī sattvasamāviṣṭo medhāvī chinnasaṃśayaḥ ||
- न · na
- not
- द्वेष्टि · dveṣṭi
- hates
- अकुशलम् · akuśalam
- unpleasant, disagreeable
- कर्म · karma
- action
- कुशले · kuśale
- to pleasant (action)
- न · na
- not
- अनुषज्जते · anuṣajjate
- is attached
- त्यागी · tyāgī
- the relinquisher
- सत्त्वसमाविष्टः · sattvasamāviṣṭaḥ
- steeped in sattva
- मेधावी · medhāvī
- wise, discerning
- छिन्नसंशयः · chinnasaṃśayaḥ
- whose doubts are cut away
“The true relinquisher, steeped in sattva, wise, with doubts cut away — hates no unpleasant task and clings to no pleasant one.”
— Original plain-language translation
Here is the portrait of the genuine tyāgī: even-minded toward agreeable and disagreeable work alike. Liking and disliking no longer assign his duties. The phrase 'doubts cut away' recalls the karma-yoga ideal — clarity, not mood, governs action.
— Reader's notes (original)