18.7 नियतस्य तु संन्यासः कर्मणो नोपपद्यते।मोहात्तस्य परित्यागस्तामसः परिकीर्तितः
niyatasya tu saṃnyāsaḥ karmaṇo n
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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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.
18.9 कार्यमित्येव यत्कर्म नियतं क्रियतेऽर्जुन।सङ्गं त्यक्त्वा फलं चैव स त्यागः सात्त्विको मतः
kāryam
Word meanings
kāryam—as a duty;iti—as;eva—indeed;yat—which;karma niyatam—obligatory actions;kriyate—are performed;arjuna—Arjun;saṅgam—attachment;tyaktvā—relinquishing;phalam—reward;cha—and;eva—certainly;saḥ—such;tyāgaḥ—renunciation of desires for enjoying the fruits of actions;sāttvikaḥ—in the mode of goodness;mataḥ—considered
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"This is a thing to be performed" - just on that ground, whatever usual action is performed, relinquishing attachment and also fruit - that act of relinquishment is deemed to be of the Sattva (strand).
He who performs an obligatory action, because he believes it to be a duty which ought to be done, without any personal desire to do the act or to receive any return - such renunciation is Pure.
When actions are performed as what ought to be done, O Arjuna, renouncing attachment and also fruits, such abandonment is regarded as Sattvika.
Whatever obligatory duty is performed just because it is a bounden duty, O Arjuna, by giving up attachment and the result as well,-that renunciation is considered to be based on sattva.
Whatever obligatory action is done, O Arjuna, merely because it ought to be done, abandoning attachment and also the desire for reward, that renunciation is regarded as Sattwic!
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मोक्षसंन्यासयोग
Chapter 18: Free Yourself Through Renunciation
mokṣasaṃnyāsayoga
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18.8 दुःखमित्येव यत्कर्म कायक्लेशभयात्त्यजेत्।स कृत्वा राजसं त्यागं नैव त्यागफलं लभेत्
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Word meanings
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.
