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An agent who is free from attachment, non-egoistic, endowed with firmness and enthusiasm, and unaffected by success or failure, is called Sattvic (pure).

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.

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.