| 16. The fruit
of good action, they say, is Sattvic and pure ; while the fruit of Rajas
is pain, and ignorance is the fruit of Tamas. Good action: Sattvic action.
They: the wise. Raja means Rajasic action, as this section treats of actions.
The fruit of Rajasic actions is only pain, which is Rajasic: for, the effect
should be consonant with the cause. Tamas means Tamasic action, adharma
or sin. The functions of the gunas summed up. And what arises from the gunas
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