मुक्तसङ्गोऽनहंवादी धृत्युत्साहसमन्वितः ।सिद्ध्यसिद्ध्योर्निर्विकारः कर्ता सात्त्विक उच्यते ॥
muktasaṅgo 'nahaṃvādī dhṛtyutsāhasamanvitaḥ |siddhyasiddhyor nirvikāraḥ kartā sāttvika ucyate ||
- मुक्तसङ्गः · muktasaṅgaḥ
- free from attachment
- अनहंवादी · anahaṃvādī
- not speaking of 'I', free from self-praise
- धृति · dhṛti
- resolve, fortitude
- उत्साहसमन्वितः · utsāhasamanvitaḥ
- endowed with zeal
- सिद्ध्यसिद्ध्योः · siddhyasiddhyoḥ
- in success and failure
- निर्विकारः · nirvikāraḥ
- unchanged, unmoved
- कर्ता · kartā
- the doer
- सात्त्विकः · sāttvikaḥ
- sattvic
- उच्यते · ucyate
- is called
“Free from attachment, making no claims of 'I', full of resolve and zeal, unchanged in success and failure — such a doer is called sattvic.”
— Original plain-language translation
The sattvic doer unites opposites: energetic yet unattached, resolute yet egoless, steady in both victory and defeat. Compare the sthitaprajña of Chapter 2 and the guṇātīta of 14.24–14.25. Zeal without clinging is the chapter's ideal worker.
— Reader's notes (original)