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.— Swami AdidevanandaFeatured
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