Verse 18.12
अनिष्टमिष्टं मिश्रं च त्रिविधं कर्मणः फलम् ।
भवत्यत्यागिनां प्रेत्य न तु संन्यासिनां क्वचित् ॥
Transliteration
aniṣṭamiṣṭaṃ miśraṃ ca trividhaṃ karmaṇaḥ phalam |
bhavatyatyāgināṃ pretya na tu saṃnyāsināṃ kvacit ||
By Sanskrit System · Machine draft · @indic-transliteration/sanscript 1.3.3
Translation
The threefold fruit of action (evil, good and mixed) accrues after death to the non-abandoners, but never to the abandoners.
From the owner's sheet · +1 more
The fruit of action, unwanted, wanted or mixed, comes in three ways after death to those who have not relinquished, but never to those who have renounced.
By Sanskrit System · Machine draft · claude-opus-5-5 · 2026-11-08 · +1 more
Word by word
By Sanskrit System · Machine draft · claude-opus-5-5 · 2026-11-08
Explanation
The fruits of action are threefold: unwelcome, welcome, and mixed. Those who have not relinquished experience these after death, as consequences that shape future lives. But for those who have truly renounced, there are no such results. The verse shows what is at stake in the inner attitude toward action. Attachment to results binds one to the round of birth and death (saṃsāra), while letting go of them frees one from it.
By Sanskrit System · Machine draft · claude-opus-5-5 · 2026-11-08