अनिष्टमिष्टं मिश्रं च त्रिविधं कर्मणः फलम् | भवत्यत्यागिनां प्रेत्य न तु संन्यासिनां क्वचित् ||
aniṣṭam iṣṭaṁ miśraṁ ca tri-vidhaṁ karmaṇaḥ phalam bhavaty atyāgināṁ pretya na tu sannyāsināṁ kvacit
Translation
Threefold is the fruit of action for the non-renunciant after death — unwanted, wanted, and mixed; but for the renunciant, there is none whatsoever.
Interpretation
For those who act with fruit-attachment, three kinds of karmic results accumulate after death: undesirable (results that manifest as suffering), desirable (results that manifest as pleasure), and mixed (complex mixtures of both). These must be worked through in subsequent births. But for the true renunciant who acts without fruit-attachment, there is no karmic accumulation whatsoever — no residue, no debt, no credit to be worked out. Action without attachment produces no binding karma. This is the liberating paradox: full engagement without any trace left behind.