BG 18.10

न द्वेष्ट्यकुशलं कर्म कुशले नानुषज्जते ।
त्यागी सत्त्वसमाविष्टो मेधावी छिन्नसंशयः ॥
na dveṣṭy akuśalaṁ karma kuśale nānuṣajjate
tyāgī sattva-samāviṣṭo medhāvī chinna-saṁśayaḥ

Word-for-word meanings

tyāgī — the renunciate;  samāviṣṭaḥ — who is imbued;  sattva — [with] sattva;  medhāvī — who is of fixed intellect [sthira-buddhi];  chinna-saṁśayaḥ — [and] whose doubts have been slashed;  na — neither;  dveṣṭi — detests;  akuśalam — troublesome;  karma — action;  na — nor;  anuṣajjate — becomes attached;  kuśale — to pleasurable [action].

Translation

The renunciate (tyāgī) who is imbued with sattva, who is of fixed intellect, and whose doubts have been slashed, neither detests troublesome action nor becomes attached to pleasurable action.

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