Shankaracharya's commentary, trans. Alladi Mahadeva Sastry (1897)
[1]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.
BG 14.16
कर्मणः सुकृतस्याहुः सात्त्विकं निर्मलं फलम् । रजसस् तु फलम् दुःखम् अज्ञानं तमसः फलम् ॥
karmaṇaḥ sukṛtasyāhuḥ sāttvikaṃ nirmalaṃ phalam | rajasas tu phalam duḥkham ajñānaṃ tamasaḥ phalam ||
"The fruit of sattvic action is pure; the fruit of rajas is pain; the fruit of tamas is ignorance."
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Swami Swarupananda, Srimad Bhagavad Gita (1909)
[4]The fruit of good action, they say, is Sattvika and pure; verily, the fruit of Rajas is pain, and ignorance is the fruit of Tamas.
K.T. Telang, Sacred Books of the East Vol. 8 (1882)
[9]The result of righteous action is said to be Sattvic, that is, pure; the result of passion is pain; the result of darkness is ignorance.
K.M. Ganguli, The Mahabharata, Bhishma Parva (1883–96)
[13]The fruit of actions done in Goodness is pure; the fruit of actions done in Passion is pain; the fruit of actions done in Darkness is ignorance.