Phala
फलनपुंसकलिङ्ग (neutro) · फल् धातु (phal — maturar, dar fruto) + अ प्रत्यय
phala
Ethics and Values
AI translationFruit; result of an action or knowledge
Phala is the result produced by a cause. In karma-kāṇḍa, phala is the invisible fruit (adṛṣṭa) of ritual, maturing in due time. In the Gītā, Kṛṣṇa teaches that the practitioner of karma-yoga acts without attachment to phala — renounces the result, not the action. In Vedānta jñāna-kāṇḍa, the phala of self-knowledge is mokṣa (liberation), immediate and non-cumulative: it is the recognition of what already is, not something to be produced.
Occurrence in the corpus
॥ ४८ ॥ 【भाष्यम्】 योगस्थः सन् कुरु कर्माणि केवल मीश्वरार्थम् तत्रापि ईश्वरो मे तुष्यतु इति सङ्गं त्यक्त्वा धनञ्जय फल तृष्णाशून्येन क्रियमाणे कर्मणि सत्त्वशुद्धिजा ज्ञानप्राप्तिलक्षणा सिद्धिः तद्विपर्ययजा असिद्धिः तयोः सिद्ध्यसिद्ध्योः अपि समः तुल्यः भूत्वा कुरु कर्माणि कोऽसौ योगः यत्रस्थः कुरु इति उक्तम् इदमेव तत् सिद्ध्यसिद्ध्योः समत्वं योगः उच्यते
|| 48 || 【bhāṣyam】 yogasthaḥ san kuru karmāṇi kevala mīśvarārtham tatrāpi īśvaro me tuṣyatu iti saṅgaṃ tyaktvā dhanañjaya phala tṛṣṇāśūnyena kriyamāṇe karmaṇi sattvaśuddhijā jñānaprāptilakṣaṇā siddhiḥ tadviparyayajā asiddhiḥ tayoḥ siddhyasiddhyoḥ api samaḥ tulyaḥ bhūtvā kuru karmāṇi ko'sau yogaḥ yatrasthaḥ kuru iti uktam idameva tat siddhyasiddhyoḥ samatvaṃ yogaḥ ucyate
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Vishva Vidya (2026). Phala (फल). Vishva Vidya — Vedanta. https://vedanta.com.br/en/glossary/phala
Vishva Vidya. "Phala (फल)." Vishva Vidya — Vedanta, January 1, 2026, https://vedanta.com.br/en/glossary/phala.
Vishva Vidya. "Phala (फल)." Vishva Vidya — Vedanta, January 1, 2026. https://vedanta.com.br/en/glossary/phala.
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