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Bhagavad Gita Chapter 18, Verse 7

Liberation Through Surrender

नियतस्य तु संन्यासः कर्मणो नोपपद्यते।मोहात्तस्य परित्यागस्तामसः परिकीर्तितः

niyatasya tu sannyāsaḥ karmaṇo nopapadyate mohāt tasya parityāgas tāmasaḥ parikīrtitaḥ

What does Bhagavad Gita 18.7 mean?

The renunciation of prescribed duty is not justified; abandoning it out of delusion is declared to be tamasic.

Word-by-word meaning

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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