17.28 अश्रद्धया हुतं दत्तं तपस्तप्तं कृतं च यत्।असदित्युच्यते पार्थ न च तत्प्रेत्य नो इह
aśraddhayā hutaṃ dattaṃ tapas
Word meanings
aśhraddhayā—without faith;hutam—sacrifice;dattam—charity;tapaḥ—penance;taptam—practiced;kṛitam—done;cha—and;yat—which;asat—perishable;iti—thus;uchyate—are termed as;pārtha—Arjun, the son of Pritha;na—not;cha—and;tat—that;pretya—in the next world;na u—not;iha—in this world
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Divine Verses of the Bhagavad Gita • Swami Dayananda Saraswati
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Without faith, whatever oblation is offered, whatever gift is made, whatever austerity is practiced, and whatever action is undertaken, that is called ASAT and it is of no avail after one's death or in this world.
Whatsoever is done without faith, whether it be sacrifice, austerity or gift or anything else, as called Asat' (meaning Unreal') for it is the negation of Sat,' O Arjuna! Such an act has no significance, here or hereafter."
Whatever offering or gift is made, whatever austerity is practised and whatever action is performed without faith, that is called Asat, O Arjuna. It is naught here or hereafter.
O son of Prtha, whatever is offered in sacrifice and given in charity, as also whatever austerity is undertaken or whatever is done without, faith, is said to be of no avail. And it is of no consequence after death, nor here.
Whatever is sacrificed, given or performed, and whatever austerity is practised without faith, it is called Asat, O Arjuna! It is naught here or hereafter (after death).
श्रीभगवानुवाच
18.2 काम्यानां कर्मणां न्यासं संन्यासं कवयो विदुः। सर्वकर्मफलत्यागं प्राहुस्त्यागं विचक्षणाः
śrī bhagavān uvāca
kāmyānāṃ karmaṇāṃ nyāsaṃ saṃnyāsaṃ kavayo viduḥ | sarva
Word meanings
kāmyānām—desireful;karmaṇām—of actions;nyāsam—giving up;sanyāsam—renunciation of actions;kavayaḥ—the learned;viduḥ—to understand;sarva—all;karma-phala—fruits of actions;tyāgam—renunciation of desires for enjoying the fruits of actions;prāhuḥ—declare;tyāgam—renunciation of desires for enjoying the fruits of actions;vichakṣhaṇāḥ—the wise
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Divine Verses of the Bhagavad Gita • Swami Dayananda Saraswati
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The Bhagavat said, "The seers understand the act of renouncing desire-motivated actions as renunciation; the experts declare the relinquishment of the fruits of all actions to be relinquishment."
Lord Shri Krishna replied: The sages say that renunciation means forgoing an action which springs from desire; and relinquishing means the surrender of its fruit.
The Lord said The sages hold that Sannyasa is the giving up of all works which are motivated by desire. The wise declare Tyaga to be the abandonment of fruits of all works.
The Blessed Lord said The learned ones know sannyasa to be the giving up of actions done with a desire for reward. The adepts call the abandonment of the results of all works as tyaga.
The sages understand Sannyas to be the renunciation of action with desire; the wise declare the abandonment of the fruits of all actions as Tyaga.
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मोक्षसंन्यासयोग
Chapter 18: Free Yourself Through Renunciation
mokṣasaṃnyāsayoga
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अर्जुन उवाच
18.1 संन्यासस्य महाबाहो तत्त्वमिच्छामि वेदितुम्। त्यागस्य च हृषीकेश पृथक्केशिनिषूदन
arjuna uvāca
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Word meanings
sanyāsasya—of renunciation of actions;mahā-bāho—mighty-armed one;tattvam—the truth;ichchhāmi—I wish;veditum—to understand;tyāgasya—of renunciation of desires for enjoying the fruits of actions;cha—and;hṛiṣhīkeśha—Krishna, the Lord of the senses;pṛithak—distinctively;keśhī-niṣhūdana—Krishna, the killer of the Keshi demon
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Divine Verses of the Bhagavad Gita • Swami Dayananda Saraswati
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Arjuna said, O Mighty-armed One! I desire to know, in detail, the distinctive nature of renunciation and relinquishment, O Hrsikesa! O Slayer of Kesin!
"Arjuna asked: O mighty One! I desire to know how relinquishment is distinguished from renunciation.
Arjuna said I desire to know the truth about renunciation (Sannyasa) and abnegation (Tyaga) severally, O Krsna.
Arjuna said O mighty-armed Hrsikesa, O slayer of (the demon) Kesi, I want to know severally the truth about sannyasa as also about tyaga.
I desire to know severally, O mighty-armed, the essence or truth of renunciation, O Hrishikesa, as also of abandonment, O slayer of Kesi!
