Chapter 18, Verse 3
त्याज्यं दोषवदित्येके कर्म प्राहुर्मनीषिणः। यज्ञदानतपःकर्म न त्याज्यमिति चापरे।।18.3।।
tyājyaṃ doṣavadityeke karma prāhurmanīṣiṇaḥ. yajñadānatapaḥkarma na tyājyamiti cāpare..18.3..
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- त्याज्यम्
- should be abandoned
- दोषवत्
- as a fault/evil
- इति
- thus
- एके
- some (wise men)
- कर्म
- action
- प्राहुः
- declare/say
- मनीषिणः
- the wise/learned men
- यज्ञ-दान-तपः-कर्म
- actions of sacrifice, charity, and austerity
- न त्याज्यम्
- should not be abandoned
- इति
- thus
- च
- and
- अपरे
- others
Commentary
3, That action should be abandoned as an evil, some philosophers declare ; while others (declare) that acts of sacrifice, gift and austerity should not be given up.
Source: Alladi Mahadeva Sastri, The Bhagavad-Gita with the Commentary of Sri Shankaracharya (1897), public domain
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त्याज्यम्
दोषवत्
इति
एके
कर्म
प्राहुः
मनीषिणः
यज्ञ-दान-तपः-कर्म
न त्याज्यम्
इति
च
अपरे
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