The fruit of good action, they say, is SATTVIC and pure; verily, the fruit of RAJAS is pain, and the fruit of TAMAS is ignorance.

karmaṇaḥ = of work; sukṛtasya = pious; āhuḥ = is said; sāttvikaṃ = in the mode of goodness; nirmalaṃ = purified; phalaṃ = the result; rajasaḥ = of the mode of passion; tu = but; phalaṃ = the result; duḥkhaṃ = misery; ajñānaṃ = nonsense; tamasaḥ = of the mode of ignorance; phalaṃ = the result.;