Chapter 18, Verse 2
श्री भगवानुवाच काम्यानां कर्मणां न्यासं संन्यासं कवयो विदुः। सर्वकर्मफलत्यागं प्राहुस्त्यागं विचक्षणाः।।18.2।।
śrī bhagavānuvāca kāmyānāṃ karmaṇāṃ nyāsaṃ saṃnyāsaṃ kavayo viduḥ। sarvakarmaphalatyāgaṃ prāhustyāgaṃ vicakṣaṇāḥ।।18.2।।
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- श्री भगवान् उवाच
- The Blessed Lord said
- काम्यानां
- of desire-prompted (actions)
- कर्मणां
- of actions
- न्यासं
- renunciation/relinquishment
- संन्यासं
- as sannyasa (renunciation)
- कवयः
- the wise (poets/sages)
- विदुः
- know
- सर्व-कर्म-फल-त्यागं
- the abandonment of the fruits of all actions
- प्राहुः
- they call/declare
- त्यागं
- as tyaga (renunciation)
- विचक्षणाः
- the discerning/wise ones
Commentary
The Blessed Lord said: 2. Sages understand ' sa?ranyasa ' to be the renouncement of interested works ; the abandon- ment of the fruits of all works, the learned declare, is ' tyaga '
Source: Alladi Mahadeva Sastri, The Bhagavad-Gita with the Commentary of Sri Shankaracharya (1897), public domain
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श्री भगवान् उवाच
काम्यानां
कर्मणां
न्यासं
संन्यासं
कवयः
विदुः
सर्व-कर्म-फल-त्यागं
प्राहुः
त्यागं
विचक्षणाः
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