Verset 14.16

कर्मणः सुकृतस्याहुः सात्त्विकं निर्मलं फलम् ।

रजसस्तु फलं दुःखमज्ञानं तमसः फलम् ॥

14.16

Translittération

karmaṇaḥ sukṛtasyāhuḥ sāttvikaṃ nirmalaṃ phalam |

rajasastu phalaṃ duḥkhamajñānaṃ tamasaḥ phalam ||

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Traduction

The fruit of good action, they say, is Sattvic and pure, verily the fruit of Rajas is pain, and ignorance is the fruit of Tamas.

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Mot à mot

of action
good
they say
sattvic
pure
fruit

of rajas
but
fruit
pain
ignorance
of tamas
fruit

Par Sanskrit System · Brouillon automatique · claude-opus-5-5 · 2026-11-08

Explication

Krishna describes the fruits of action according to the qualities. Well-done action, which belongs to clarity (sattva), yields a pure result. Action driven by passion (rajas) bears the fruit of pain, since restless desire is never fully satisfied and its gains are mixed with loss. Action shaped by inertia (tamas) leads to ignorance, deepening the very darkness from which it came. The verse shows that each quality reproduces itself through action. One acts from a state, and the result reinforces that state. Breaking such cycles requires changing the quality from which one acts.