BG 18.26
मुक्तसङ्गोऽनहंवादी धृत्युत्साहसमन्वितः ।
सिद्ध्यसिद्ध्योर्निर्विकारः कर्ता सात्त्विक उच्यते ॥
सिद्ध्यसिद्ध्योर्निर्विकारः कर्ता सात्त्विक उच्यते ॥
mukta-saṅgo ’nahaṁ-vādī
dhṛty-utsāha-samanvitaḥ
siddhy-asiddhyor nirvikāraḥ
kartā sāttvika ucyate
dhṛty-utsāha-samanvitaḥ
siddhy-asiddhyor nirvikāraḥ
kartā sāttvika ucyate
Word-for-word meanings
kartā — the agent; mukta-saṅgaḥ — [who is] free from attachment; anaham-vādī — devoid of egotism; samanvitaḥ — endowed with; dhṛti — fortitude; utsāha — [and] enthusiasm; nirvikāraḥ — [and] who is unaffected; siddhi — by success; asiddhyoḥ — or failure; ucyate — is said; sāttvikaḥ — to be sāttvika.
Translation
An agent who is free from attachment to action and its fruit, devoid of egotism, endowed with fortitude and enthusiasm, and unaffected by success or failure, is considered to be sāttvika.