Verse 18.26
मुक्तसङ्गोऽनहंवादी धृत्युत्साहसमन्वितः ।
सिद्ध्यसिद्ध्योर्निर्विकारः कर्ता सात्त्विक उच्यते ॥
Transliteration
muktasaṅgo'nahaṃvādī dhṛtyutsāhasamanvitaḥ |
siddhyasiddhyornirvikāraḥ kartā sāttvika ucyate ||
By Sanskrit System · Machine draft · @indic-transliteration/sanscript 1.3.3
Translation
An agent who is free from attachment, non-egoistic, endowed with firmness and enthusiasm, and unaffected by success or failure, is called Sattvic (pure).
From the owner's sheet · +1 more
Free from attachment, not given to talk of self, filled with steadiness and zeal, unchanged by success or failure: such a doer is called sattvic.
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
Krishna now describes three kinds of doer. The sattvic doer is free from attachment, does not boast about himself, is filled with steadiness (dhṛti) and enthusiasm, and remains unchanged in success and failure. The combination is notable: detachment does not mean indifference, for this doer has energy and zeal. Yet his inner balance does not depend on results. The verse offers Arjuna a model of the kind of warrior and person he can be.
By Sanskrit System · Machine draft · claude-opus-5-5 · 2026-11-08