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Moksha Sanyasa Yoga · Liberation through Renunciation
Bhagavad Gita 18.7-9
Sanskrit
नियतस्य तु संन्यासः कर्मणो नोपपद्यते । मोहात्तस्य परित्यागस्तामसः परिकीर्तितः ॥18.7॥दुःखमित्येव यत्कर्म कायक्लेशभयात्त्यजेत् । स कृत्वा राजसं त्यागं नैव त्यागफलं लभेत् ॥18.8॥कार्यमित्येव यत्कर्म नियतं क्रियतेऽर्जुन । सङ्गं त्यक्त्वा फलं चैव स त्यागः सात्त्विको मतः ॥18.9॥
Transliteration
niyatasya tu saṃnyāsaḥ karmaṇo nopapadyate | mohāttasya parityāgastāmasaḥ parikīrtitaḥ ‖18.7‖ duḥkhamityeva yatkarma kāyakleśabhayāttyajet | sa kṛtvā rājasaṃ tyāgaṃ naiva tyāgaphalaṃ labhet ‖18.8‖ kāryamityeva yatkarma niyataṃ kriyate'rjuna | saṅgaṃ tyaktvā phalaṃ caiva sa tyāgaḥ sāttviko mataḥ ‖18.9‖
Meaning
“The renunciation of obligatory action is not proper; its abandonment through delusion is declared tamasic. One who abandons action as painful, from fear of bodily trouble, performs rajasic tyaga and gains not the fruit of relinquishment. When obligatory action is done, O Arjuna, simply because it ought to be done, abandoning attachment and fruit, that relinquishment is deemed sattvic.”
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Theme: Liberation through Renunciation
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