Chapter 18, Verse 11
न हि देहभृता शक्यं त्यक्तुं कर्माण्यशेषतः। यस्तु कर्मफलत्यागी स त्यागीत्यभिधीयते।।18.11।।
na hi dehabhṛtā śakyaṃ tyaktuṃ karmāṇyaśeṣataḥ. yastu karmaphalatyāgī sa tyāgītyabhidhīyate..18.11..
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- na hi
- for indeed not
- deha-bhṛtā
- by one who bears a body (an embodied being), instrumental case
- śakyam
- possible
- tyaktum
- to abandon/renounce
- karmāṇi
- actions
- aśeṣataḥ
- completely, without remainder
- yaḥ tu
- but whoever
- karma-phala-tyāgī
- one who renounces the fruit(s) of action
- saḥ
- he
- tyāgī
- a true renouncer
- iti
- thus
- abhidhīyate
- is called/is said to be
Commentary
ii. Verily, it is not possible for an embodied being to abandon actions completely ; he who abandons the fruits of actions is verily said to be an abandoner.
Source: Alladi Mahadeva Sastri, The Bhagavad-Gita with the Commentary of Sri Shankaracharya (1897), public domain
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na hi
deha-bhṛtā
śakyam
tyaktum
karmāṇi
aśeṣataḥ
yaḥ tu
karma-phala-tyāgī
saḥ
tyāgī
iti
abhidhīyate
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