Bhagavad Gita · Chapter 18: Freedom through Renunciation

Bhagavad Gita 18.12

aniṣṭamiṣṭaṃ miśraṃ ca trividhaṃ karmaṇaḥ phalam | bhavatyatyāgināṃ pretya na tu saṃnyāsināṃ kvacit ||

The fruit of action is of three kinds: unwanted, wanted, and mixed. It comes after death to those who have not relinquished, but never to those who have renounced.

Modern context

The fruits of action come in three kinds: wanted, unwanted and mixed. Most of life's results are mixed: a success with a cost, a loss with a lesson. Those who cling to results must carry all three, life after life. Those who have let go are not bound by them. They still act, but the results do not stick.