Bhagavad Gita
    Chapter 18 · Liberation Through Renunciation

    Verse 3

    Sanskrit Text — Chapter 18, Verse 3

    त्याज्यं दोषवदित्येके कर्म प्राहुर्मनीषिणः। यज्ञदानतपःकर्म न त्याज्यमिति चापरे।।18.3।।

    Transliteration (IAST)

    tyājyaṁ doṣha-vad ity eke karma prāhur manīṣhiṇaḥ yajña-dāna-tapaḥ-karma na tyājyam iti chāpare

    Translation

    Some sages say that all actions should be abandoned as evil; others declare that works such as sacrifices, gifts, and austerities should not be abandoned.
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