Chapter XVIII · Śloka 10
न द्वेष्ट्यकुशलं कर्म कुशले नानुषज्जते ।
त्यागी सत्त्वसमाविष्टो मेधावी छिन्नसंशयः ॥
त्यागी सत्त्वसमाविष्टो मेधावी छिन्नसंशयः ॥
na dveṣṭy akuśalaṃ karma kuśale nānuṣajjate |
tyāgī sattva-samāviṣṭo medhāvī chinna-saṃśayaḥ ||
tyāgī sattva-samāviṣṭo medhāvī chinna-saṃśayaḥ ||
The man of renunciation, filled with sattva, intelligent, with doubts resolved, neither hates disagreeable action nor clings to agreeable action.
The true tyāgī is described by equanimity — unswayed by preference or aversion between pleasant and unpleasant duties. Clarity of intellect and freedom from doubt mark this sattvic renouncer.