Chapter 18 · Liberation Through Renunciation

    Verse 7

    Sanskrit Text — Chapter 18, Verse 7

    नियतस्य तु संन्यासः कर्मणो नोपपद्यते।मोहात्तस्य परित्यागस्तामसः परिकीर्तितः।।18.7।।

    Transliteration (IAST)

    niyatasya tu sannyāsaḥ karmaṇo nopapadyate mohāt tasya parityāgas tāmasaḥ parikīrtitaḥ

    Translation

    But the renunciation of obligatory acts is not proper; abandonment of these through delusion is declared to be of a Tamasic nature.
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