Shloka 9
कार्यमित्येव यत् कर्म नियतं क्रियते<र्जुन । सड्ूूं त्यक्त्वा फलं चैव स त्याग: सात््विको मत:,हे अर्जुन! जो शास्त्रविहित कर्म करना कर्तव्य है--इसी भावसे आसक्ति और फलका त्याग करके किया जाता है--वही सात्त्विक त्याग माना गया है*
kāryam ity eva yat karma niyataṁ kriyate 'rjuna | saṅgaṁ tyaktvā phalaṁ caiva sa tyāgaḥ sāttviko mataḥ ||
Arjuna, when a prescribed duty is performed solely because it ought to be done—abandoning attachment and also relinquishing claim to its results—such renunciation is regarded as sāttvic. It frames ethical action as steadfast duty without self-serving grasping, even amid the pressures of conflict and consequence.
अजुन उवाच
Educational Q&A
Sāttvic tyāga is performing one’s enjoined duty simply because it is duty, while giving up attachment to the act and any claim over its results. The moral emphasis is on right intention and inner freedom rather than outcome-driven action.
In the battlefield dialogue, Kṛṣṇa instructs Arjuna on types of renunciation. This verse defines the sāttvic form: disciplined performance of prescribed action with detachment from personal gain, guiding Arjuna toward ethical action amid war.