Bhagavad Gita
    Chapter 18 · Liberation Through Renunciation

    Verse 5

    Sanskrit Text — Chapter 18, Verse 5

    यज्ञदानतपःकर्म न त्याज्यं कार्यमेव तत्।यज्ञो दानं तपश्चैव पावनानि मनीषिणाम्।।18.5।।

    Transliteration (IAST)

    yajña-dāna-tapaḥ-karma na tyājyaṁ kāryam eva tat yajño dānaṁ tapaśh chaiva pāvanāni manīṣhiṇām

    Translation

    (a) The acts of sacrifice, gifts, and austerities should not be relinquished; but should be performed... (b) ...For sacrifices, gifts, and austerities are the means of purification for the wise.
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