Chapter 18Verse 12 of 78

Bhagavad Gita 18.12

अनिष्टमिष्टं मिश्रं च त्रिविधं कर्मणः फलम् । भवत्यत्यागिनां प्रेत्य न तु सन्न्यासिनां क्वचित् ॥

aniṣṭam iṣṭaṃ miśraṃ ca tri-vidhaṃ karmaṇaḥ phalam / bhavaty atyāgināṃ pretya na tu sannyāsināṃ kvacit

Translation

Unwished, wished, and mixed, the threefold fruit of action accrues after death to non-relinquishers, but never to renouncers.

Karma has consequences. Pretya, after death, those consequences land. Krishna names the three flavors of inheritance, aniṣṭa, what no one wanted, ishta, what was wanted, mishra, the inevitable braid of both. The atyagi receives all three. The sannyasi, by Krishna's definition, the inward renunciate, receives none, na kvachit, not anywhere, not ever. The inner release of clinging dissolves the karmic tag attached to the act. The act still happens, but it does not stick. This is the practical reason renunciation matters, not as a posture, but as the mechanism that prevents the fruit-debt from accumulating across lives.

Reflection

Which results of your grasping actions are you still paying for from earlier seasons?

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