Here one rejoices, afterwards one rejoices: one who does good rejoices in both worlds. One rejoices, one rejoices deeply, seeing the purity of one’s own actions.

The positive mirror of the previous verse. Katapuñño — one who has accumulated merit, who has acted from virtue. Modati and pamodati — rejoices and rejoices deeply — describe two levels of joy: the ordinary and the deeper one that arises from seeing oneself acting with integrity.

Kammavisuddhimattano — seeing the purity of one’s own actions: this vision is not self-congratulation but the clear recognition of the congruence between intention and act. There is genuine satisfaction, not vanity, in knowing one has acted well.

The joy described here does not depend on the external result — whether the good deed is recognized, whether it produces the expected effect — but on the quality of the action itself. We act well because it is right to do so, not to gain something. That independence from result is real freedom.

In yoga this resonates with niṣkāma karma of the Bhagavad Gītā: action without attachment to the fruit. Merit does not accumulate by seeking merit; it arises as a natural byproduct of pure action. One who acts well already has their reward in the act itself.