18. Renunciation and Surrender

Mokṣha Sanyās Yog

BG 18.3

Some sages say that all action is evil and should be abandoned, while others say that acts of sacrifice, charity, and penance should not be given up.

त्याज्यं दोषवदित्येके कर्म प्राहुर्मनीषिणः
यज्ञदानतपःकर्म न त्याज्यमिति चापरे

  • tyājyaṁ — should be given up

  • doṣha-vad — as evil

    • doṣha

    • vad

  • ity — thus

  • eke — some

  • karma — acts

  • prāhur — declare

  • manīṣhiṇaḥ — the learned

  • yajña-dāna-tapaḥ-karma — acts of sacrifice, charity, and penance

    • yajña — sacrifice

    • dāna — generosity, charity

    • tapaḥ — penance

    • karma — actions

  • na — never

  • tyājyam — should be abandoned

  • iti — thus

  • chāpare — and others

...18.1

Krishna replied: The sages know that renunciation is forgoing any action that springs from desire, while relinquishing is the forgoing of its fruit.

[2]

Some sages say that all action is evil and should be abandoned, while others say that acts of sacrifice, charity, and penance should not be given up.

[3]

18.4...
Chapter 18, Verse 3