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Verse 18·10

Action performed without attachment is superior

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न द्वेष्ट्यकुशलं कर्म कुशले नानुषज्जते ।त्यागी सत्त्वसमाविष्टो मेधावी छिन्नसंशयः ॥

na dveṣṭyakuśalaṃ karma kuśale nānuṣajjatetyāgī sattvasamāviṣṭo medhāvī chinnasaṃśayaḥ

The wise man with doubts cast away, who renounces in the light of the full sattwic mind, has no aversion to unpleasant action, no attachment to pleasant action.

Gītā 18·10

The wise man puts away the shrinkings and hesitations of the desire-soul and the doubts of the ordinary human intelligence, that measure by little personal, conventional or otherwise limited standards.

CWSA 19 · Essays on the Gita · p. 497

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