Chapter 18, Verse 8
दुःखमित्येव यत्कर्म कायक्लेशभयात्त्यजेत्। स कृत्वा राजसं त्यागं नैव त्यागफलं लभेत्।।18.8।।
duḥkhamityeva yatkarma kāyakleśabhayāttyajet. sa kṛtvā rājasaṃ tyāgaṃ naiva tyāgaphalaṃ labhet.।18.8।।
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- दुःखम्
- painful/suffering
- इति एव
- thus, indeed (thinking)
- यत् कर्म
- whatever action
- काय-क्लेश-भयात्
- out of fear of bodily trouble/discomfort
- त्यजेत्
- one should abandon
- सः
- he
- कृत्वा
- having performed/done
- राजसम्
- of the nature of rajas (passion)
- त्यागम्
- renunciation/abandonment
- न एव
- not at all
- त्याग-फलम्
- the fruit/result of renunciation
- लभेत्
- would obtain
Commentary
8. Whatever act one may abandon because it is painful, from fear of bodily trouble, he practises Rajasic abandonment, and he shall obtain no fruit whatever of abandonment
Source: Alladi Mahadeva Sastri, The Bhagavad-Gita with the Commentary of Sri Shankaracharya (1897), public domain
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दुःखम्
इति एव
यत् कर्म
काय-क्लेश-भयात्
त्यजेत्
सः
कृत्वा
राजसम्
त्यागम्
न एव
त्याग-फलम्
लभेत्
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