BG 18.9
कार्यमित्येव यत्कर्म नियतं क्रियतेऽर्जुन ।
सङ्गं त्यक्त्वा फलं चैव स त्यागः सात्त्विको मतः ॥
सङ्गं त्यक्त्वा फलं चैव स त्यागः सात्त्विको मतः ॥
kāryam ity eva yat karma niyataṁ kriyate ’rjuna
saṅgaṁ tyaktvā phalaṁ caiva sa tyāgaḥ sāttviko mataḥ
saṅgaṁ tyaktvā phalaṁ caiva sa tyāgaḥ sāttviko mataḥ
Word-for-word meanings
arjuna — O Arjuna; yat — whatever; niyatam — prescribed; karma — action; kriyate — is performed; iti — [considering] thus; kāryam eva — “it is indeed my duty; ” tyaktvā — while giving up; saṅgam — attachment [to the sense of doership]; ca — and; eva — indeed; phalam — [the desire for] the result; saḥ — that; tyāgaḥ — renunciation; mataḥ — is considered; sāttvikaḥ — to be of the nature of sattva.
Translation
O Arjuna, when prescribed action is performed considering it exclusively as one’s duty, while abandoning all attachment [to the sense of doership] and the desire for results, such tyāga is considered to be of the nature of sattva.