Bhagavad Gita
    Chapter 18 · Liberation Through Renunciation

    Verse 1

    Sanskrit Text — Chapter 18, Verse 1

    अर्जुन उवाच संन्यासस्य महाबाहो तत्त्वमिच्छामि वेदितुम्। त्यागस्य च हृषीकेश पृथक्केशिनिषूदन।।18.1।।

    Transliteration (IAST)

    arjuna uvācha sannyāsasya mahā-bāho tattvam ichchhāmi veditum tyāgasya cha hṛiṣhīkeśha pṛithak keśhi-niṣhūdana

    Translation

    Arjuna said, "I desire to know the truth about renunciation and abnegation separately, O Krishna."
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