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te hlāda-paritāpa-phalāḥ puṇya-apuṇya-hetutvāt

ते ह्लाद परितापफलाः पुण्यापुण्यहेतुत्वात्

These fruits are delightful or distressful, based on virtuous or non-virtuous causalities

te - these

hlāda - delight; gladness, joy

paritāpa - distress, pain, agony, grief, sorrow; glow, scorching, heat

phala - fruit; consequence, effect; result; retribution (good or bad), gain or loss, reward or punishment, advantage or disadvantage

puṇya - propitious; virtuous; meritorious

apuṇya - non-meritorious; wicked; unvirtuous

hetutvā - causality

Commentary by T Krishnamacharya:

“All actions are not rooted in Kleśa. Those done when Kleśa are subdued produce joy. Others produce different degrees of agony.”

Commentary by TKV Desikachar:

“Actions either take us forwards or backwards.”