18.6 एतान्यपि तु कर्माणि सङ्गं त्यक्त्वा फलानि च।कर्तव्यानीति मे पार्थ निश्िचतं मतमुत्तमम्
etāny
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etāni—these;api tu—must certainly be;karmāṇi—activities;saṅgam—attachment;tyaktvā—giving up;phalāni—rewards;cha—and;kartavyāni—should be done as duty;iti—such;me—my;pārtha—Arjun, the son of Pritha;niśhchitam—definite;matam—opinion;uttamam—supreme
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Divine Verses of the Bhagavad Gita • Swami Dayananda Saraswati
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Even these actions should be performed by relinquishing attachment and the fruits thereof; this is my considered best opinion, O son of Prtha!
But they should be done with detachment and without thought of recompense. This is my final judgment.
It is My decided and final view that even these acts should be done, O Arjuna, with relinquishment of attachment and the fruits thereof.
But even these actions have to be undertaken by renouncing attachment and (hankering for) results. This is My firm and best conclusion, O Parhta.
But even these actions should be performed leaving aside attachment and the desire for rewards, O Arjuna! This is My certain and best conviction.
18.8 दुःखमित्येव यत्कर्म कायक्लेशभयात्त्यजेत्।स कृत्वा राजसं त्यागं नैव त्यागफलं लभेत्
duḥkham
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duḥkham—troublesome;iti—as;eva—indeed;yat—which;karma—duties;kāya—bodily;kleśha—discomfort;bhayāt—out of fear;tyajet—giving up;saḥ—they;kṛitvā—having done;rājasam—in the mode of passion;tyāgam—renunciation of desires for enjoying the fruits of actions;na—never;eva—certainly;tyāga—renunciation of desires for enjoying the fruits of actions;phalam—result;labhet—attain
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Divine Verses of the Bhagavad Gita • Swami Dayananda Saraswati
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He who would, out of fear of bodily exertion, relinquish an action just because it is painful—that person, having thus made relinquishment an act of the Rajas (Strand), would not at all gain the fruit of that relinquishment.
To avoid an action through fear of physical suffering, because it is likely to be painful, is to act from passion, and the benefit of renunciation will not follow.
He who renounces acts as painful from fear of bodily suffering, performs a Rajasika abandonment; he does not gain the fruit of abandonment.
Whatever action one may relinquish merely as being painful, from fear of physical suffering, he, having resorted to renunciation based on rajas, will surely not acquire the fruits of renunciation.
He who abandons action on account of the fear of bodily trouble (because it is painful), he does not obtain the merit of renunciation by doing such Rajasic renunciation.
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मोक्षसंन्यासयोग
Chapter 18: Free Yourself Through Renunciation
mokṣasaṃnyāsayoga
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18.7 नियतस्य तु संन्यासः कर्मणो नोपपद्यते।मोहात्तस्य परित्यागस्तामसः परिकीर्तितः
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Word meanings
niyatasya—of prescribed duties;tu—but;sanyāsaḥ—renunciation;karmaṇaḥ—actions;na—never;upapadyate—to be performed;mohāt—deluded;tasya—of that;parityāgaḥ—renunciation;tāmasaḥ—in the mode of ignorance;parikīrtitaḥ—has been declared
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Divine Verses of the Bhagavad Gita • Swami Dayananda Saraswati
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The renunciation of the enjoined action does not make sense; and completely relinquishing it, out of ignorance, is proclaimed on all sides as an act of Tamas (Strand).
It is not right to give up actions which are obligatory; and if they are misunderstood, it is the result of sheer ignorance.
But the renunciation of obligatory acts is not proper. Abandonment of these through delusion is declared to be Tamasika.
The abandoning of daily obligatory acts (nityakamas) is not justifiable. Giving up that through delusion is declared to be based on tamas.
Verily, the renunciation of obligatory action is improper; the abandonment of the same from delusion is declared to be Tamasic.
