18. Renunciation and Surrender

Mokṣha Sanyās Yog

BG 18.35

The conviction by which a foolish person does not abandon sleep, fear, grief, despair, and passion, is born of an ignorant nature.

यया स्वप्नं भयं शोकं विषादं मदमेव च
न विमुञ्चति दुर्मेधा धृतिः सा पार्थ तामसी

  • yayā — in which

  • svapnaṁ — dreaming

  • bhayaṁ — fearing

  • śhokaṁ — grieving

  • viṣhādaṁ — despair

  • madam — conceit

  • eva — indeed

  • cha — and

  • na — not

  • vimuñchati — give up

  • durmedhā — unintelligent

  • dhṛitiḥ — resolve

  • — that

  • pārtha — Arjuna

  • tāmasī — in the mode of ignorance

...18.32

The conviction by which the mind, spirit, and senses are controlled, is of a pure nature.

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The conviction that holds to rituals, self-interest, duty, and wealth, is born of a passionate nature.

[34]

The conviction by which a foolish person does not abandon sleep, fear, grief, despair, and passion, is born of an ignorant nature.

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18.36...
Chapter 18, Verse 35