Chapter XIV · Śloka 16
कर्मणः सुकृतस्याहुः सात्त्विकं निर्मलं फलम् ।
रजसस्तु फलं दुःखमज्ञानं तमसः फलम् ॥
रजसस्तु फलं दुःखमज्ञानं तमसः फलम् ॥
karmaṇaḥ sukṛtasyāhuḥ sāttvikaṃ nirmalaṃ phalam |
rajasas tu phalaṃ duḥkham ajñānaṃ tamasaḥ phalam ||
rajasas tu phalaṃ duḥkham ajñānaṃ tamasaḥ phalam ||
The fruit of good action is said to be sattvic and pure; the fruit of rajas is pain; and the fruit of tamas is ignorance.
Each guṇa produces its characteristic fruit: sattva yields purity and joy, rajas yields suffering born of insatiable desire, and tamas yields the darkness of continued ignorance.