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Conclusion  – The Perfection of Renunciation
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PURPORTE
A person in Krşna consciousness is always transcendental to the material modes of nature. He has no expectations for the result of the work entrusted to him because he is above false ego and pride. Still, he is always enthusiastic till the completion of such work. He does not worry about the distress undertaken; he is always enthusiastic. He does not care for success or failure; he is equal both in distress or happiness. Such a worker is situated in the mode of goodness.
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रागी कर्मफलप्रेप्सुर्लुब्धो हिंसात्मकोऽशुचिः । हर्षशोकान्वितः कर्ता राजसः परिकीर्तितः॥२७॥
rāgī karma-phala-prepsur lubdho hiṁsātmako ’šuciḥ harṣa-śokānvitaḥ kartā rājasaḥ parikīrtitaḥ
rāgī —very much attached;  karma-phala —to the fruit of the work;  prepsuḥ —desiring;  lubdhaḥ —greedy;  hiṁsā-ātmakaḥ —and always envious;  aśuciḥ —unclean;  harṣa-śoka-anvitaḥ —complicated, with joy and sorrow;  kartā —such a worker;  rājasaḥ —in the mode of passion;  parikīrtitaḥ —is declared.
TRANSLATION
But that worker who is attached to the fruits of his labor and who passionately wants to enjoy them, who is greedy, envious and impure and moved by happiness and distress, is a worker in the mode of passion.
PURPORT
A person is too much attached to certain kind of work or to the result because he has too much attachment for materialism or hearth and home, wife and children. Such a person has no desire for higher elevation of life. He is simply concerned with making this world as materially comfortable as possible. He is generally very greedy, and he thinks that anything attained by him is permanent and never to be lost. Such a person is envious of