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Krishna

18.11 न हि देहभृता शक्यं त्यक्तुं कर्माण्यशेषतः।यस्तु कर्मफलत्यागी स त्यागीत्यभिधीयते

na hi dehabhṛtā śakyaṃ tyaktuṃ karmāṇyaśeṣataḥ | yastu karmaphalatyāgī sa tyāgītyabhidhīyate

Word meanings

na—not;hi—indeed;deha-bhṛitā—for the embodied being;śhakyam—possible;tyaktum—to give up;karmāṇi—activities;aśheṣhataḥ—entirely;yaḥ—who;tu—but;karma-phala—fruits of actions;tyāgī—one who renounces all desires for enjoying the fruits of actions;saḥ—they;tyāgī—one who renounces all desires for enjoying the fruits of actions;iti—as;abhidhīyate—are said

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My Personal Gita

Dr. S. Sankaranarayan

Indeed, to relinquish actions entirely is not possible for a body-bearing one; but whoever relinquishes the fruits of actions, he is said to be a man of [true] relinquishment.

Shri Purohit Swami

But since those still in the body cannot entirely avoid action, in their case abandonment of the fruit of action is considered as complete renunciation.

Swami Adidevananda

For, it is impossible for one who bears a body to abandon actions entirely. But he who gives up the fruits of works, is called the abandoner.

Swami Gambirananda

Since it is not possible for one who holds on to a body to give up actions entirely, therefore he, on the other hand, who renounces results on actions is called a man of renunciation.

Swami Sivananda

Verily, it is not possible for an embodied being to abandon actions entirely; but he who relinquishes the rewards of actions is verily called a man of renunciation.

Krishna

18.13 पञ्चैतानि महाबाहो कारणानि निबोध मे।सांख्ये कृतान्ते प्रोक्तानि सिद्धये सर्वकर्मणाम्

pañcaitāni mahābāho kāraṇāni nibodha me | sāṃkhye kṛtānte proktāni siddhaye sarvakarmaṇām

Word meanings

pañcha—five;etāni—these;mahā-bāho—mighty-armed one;kāraṇāni—causes;nibodha—listen;me—from me;sānkhye—of Sānkya;kṛita-ante—stop reactions of karmas;proktāni—explains;siddhaye—for the accomplishment;sarva—all;karmaṇām—of karmas

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My Personal Gita

Dr. S. Sankaranarayan

O mighty-armed one! Learn from Me these five causes, declared in the conclusion of deliberations on proper knowledge, for the accomplishment of all actions.

Shri Purohit Swami

I will tell thee now, O Mighty Man, the five causes which, according to the final decision of philosophy, must concur before an action can be accomplished.

Swami Adidevananda

Learn from Me, O Arjuna, these five causes for the accomplishment of all acts, as described in Sankhya-krtanta - the science of the exact understanding of things for the accomplishment of works.

Swami Gambirananda

O mighty-armed one, learned from Me these [Another reading is etani.-Tr.] five factors for the accomplishment of all actions, which have been spoken of in the Vedanta in which actions terminate.

Swami Sivananda

Learn from Me, O mighty-armed Arjuna, these five causes, as declared in the Sankhya system for the accomplishment of all actions!

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Krishna

18.12 अनिष्टमिष्टं मिश्रं च त्रिविधं कर्मणः फलम्।भवत्यत्यागिनां प्रेत्य न तु संन्यासिनां क्वचित्

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aniṣhṭam—unpleasant;iṣhṭam—pleasant;miśhram—mixed;cha—and;tri-vidham—three-fold;karmaṇaḥ phalam—fruits of actions;bhavati—accrue;atyāginām—to those who are attached to persona reward;pretya—after death;na—not;tu—but;sanyāsinām—for the renouncers of actions;kvachit—ever

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My Personal Gita

Dr. S. Sankaranarayan

The three-fold fruit of action—the undesired, the desired, and the mixed—accrues even after death to those who are not men of renunciation, but never to those who are men of renunciation.

Shri Purohit Swami

For those who cannot renounce all desire, the fruit of action hereafter is threefold - good, evil, and partly good and partly evil. But for him who has renounced, there is none.

Swami Adidevananda

Undesirable, desirable and mixed - thus threefold is the fruit of work that accrues after death to those who have not renounced; but to those who have renounced, none whatsoever.

Swami Gambirananda

The threefold results of actions-the undesirable, the desirable, and the mixed-accrues after death to those who do not resort to renunciation, but never to those who resort to monasticism.

Swami Sivananda

The threefold fruit of action–evil, good and mixed–accrues after death to the non-abandoners, but never to the abandoners.