Bhagavad Gita 18.4निश्चयं श्रृणु मे तत्र त्यागे भरतसत्तम।त्यागो हि पुरुषव्याघ्र त्रिविधः संप्रकीर्तितः ॥
niśhchayaṁ śhṛiṇu me tatra tyāge bharata-sattama
tyāgo hi puruṣha-vyāghra tri-vidhaḥ samprakīrtitaḥ
Sanskrit recitation
True renunciation · 18.1–18.12 · Teaching
Translation
Hear from Me the conclusion or the final truth about this abandonment, O best of the Bharatas; abandonment, indeed, O best of men, has been declared to be of three kinds.
Hindi translation
हे भरतवंशियोंमें श्रेष्ठ अर्जुन ! तू संन्यास और त्याग -- इन दोनोंमेंसे पहले त्यागके विषयमें मेरा निश्चय सुन; क्योंकि हे पुरुषश्रेष्ठ ! त्याग तीन प्रकारका कहा गया है।
Meaning
Now the Lord gives His own decisive opinion. It is declared in the scriptures that renunciation is of three kinds, viz., Sattvic, Rajasic and Tamasic. The Lord alone can teach the truth about the subject. Whoever wants to be liberated from the miseries of this world must understand the real nature of renunciation.
After Swami Sivananda
True renunciation· 18.1–18.12→
Teachers usually read this idea across several verses together, one shared reflection covers the whole unit.
- 18.1Arjuna said, "O mighty-armed Hrishikesa, I desire to know the essence or truth of…
- 18.2The Blessed Lord said, "The sages understand sannyasa to be the renunciation of action…
- 18.3Some philosophers declare that actions should be abandoned as evil; while others declare…
18.4Hear from Me the conclusion or the final truth about this abandonment, O best of the…
- 18.5Acts of sacrifice, gift, and austerity should not be abandoned, but should be performed;…
- 18.6But even these actions should be performed, leaving aside attachment and the desire for…
- 18.7Verily, the renunciation of obligatory action is not proper; the abandonment of the same…
- 18.8He who abandons action out of fear of bodily trouble (because it is painful), does not…
- 18.9Whatever obligatory action is done, O Arjuna, merely because it ought to be done,…
- 18.10The man of renunciation, pervaded by purity, intelligent, and with his doubts cut asunder,…
- 18.11Indeed, it is not possible for an embodied being to completely abandon actions; however,…
- 18.12The threefold fruit of action (evil, good, and mixed) accrues after death to those who do…
Word-by-word→
- hi
- indeed
- me
- my
- tatra
- there
- tyāge
- about renunciation of desires for enjoying the fruits of actions
- tyāgaḥ
- renunciation of desires for enjoying the fruits of actions
- niśhchayam
- conclusion
- śhṛiṇu
- hear
- tri-vidhaḥ
- of three kinds
- bharata-sat-tama
- best of the Bharatas
- samprakīrtitaḥ
- declared
- puruṣha-vyāghra
- tiger amongst men
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