The fine line between Satvik and Tamsik action || Acharya Prashant, on Bhagavad Gita (2020)
On one hand, Shri Krishna is says that in sāttvika action, you do not care for the results. On the other hand, the tāmsika person too has been defined as the one who does not care for the result. He continues in his self-destructive ways without caring for the results at all. So, what is this fine line that Shri Krishna seems to have drawn here?
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नियतं सङ्गरहितमरागद्वेषत: कृतम् ।
अफलप्रेप्सुना कर्म यतत्सात्विकमुच्यते ।।
niyataṁ saṅga-rahitam arāga-dveṣhataḥ kṛitam
aphala-prepsunā karma yat tat sāttvikam uchyate
An ordained action done without love or hatred by one not desirous of the fruit and free from attachment is declared to be Sāttvika.
~ Shrimad Bhagavad Gita, Chapter 18, Verse 23
