BG 18.12

अनिष्टमिष्टं मिश्रं च त्रिविधं कर्मणः फलम् ।
भवत्यत्यागिनां प्रेत्य न तु सन्न्यासिनां क्वचित् ॥
aniṣṭam iṣṭaṁ miśraṁ ca tri-vidhaṁ karmaṇaḥ phalam
bhavaty atyāgināṁ pretya na tu sannyāsināṁ kvacit

Word-for-word meanings

tri-vidham — the three kinds;  phalam — [of] results;  karmaṇaḥ — of action;  aniṣṭam — undesirable;  iṣṭam — desirable;  ca — and;  miśram — mixed;  bhavati — accrue;  pretya — after death;  atyāginām — to those who are not renounced;  tu — but;  na kvacit — never at any time;  sannyāsinām — to the renunciates.

Translation

The three types of results of action — undesirable, desirable, and mixed — accrue after death to those who are not renounced, but never at any time to the renunciates.

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