Bhagavad Gita
    Chapter 18 · Liberation Through Renunciation

    Verse 11

    Sanskrit Text — Chapter 18, Verse 11

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

    Transliteration (IAST)

    na hi deha-bhṛitā śhakyaṁ tyaktuṁ karmāṇy aśheṣhataḥ yas tu karma-phala-tyāgī sa tyāgīty abhidhīyate

    Translation

    For, it is impossible for one who has a body to completely abandon actions. But he who gives up the results of his works is called the one who has abandoned them.
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