Bhagavad Gita
Moksha-sannyasa-yoga (The Yoga of Liberation Through Renunciation)18.2
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Bhagavad Gita · 18.2
Devanāgarī

श्रीभगवानुवाच ।
काम्यानां कर्मणां न्यासं संन्यासं कवयो विदुः ।
सर्वकर्मफलत्यागं प्राहुस्त्यागं विचक्षणाः ॥

Transliteration (IAST)

śrī-bhagavān uvāca |
kāmyānāṁ karmaṇāṁ nyāsaṁ sannyāsaṁ kavayo viduḥ |
sarva-karma-phala-tyāgaṁ prāhus tyāgaṁ vicakṣaṇāḥ ||

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SanskritIASTMeaning
श्रीभगवान् उवाचśrī-bhagavān uvācaThe Blessed Lord said.
काम्यानाम् कर्मणाम्kāmyānāṁ karmaṇāmof activity (karmaṇām) based on desire (kāmyānām).
न्यासम्nyāsamgiving up, renunciation.
संन्यासम्sannyāsamsannyāsa.
कवयः विदुःkavayaḥ viduḥthe wise (kavayaḥ) call (viduḥ).
सर्वकर्मफलत्यागम्sarva-karma-phala-tyāgamthe relinquishing (tyāgam) of the fruits (phala) of all (sarva) activity.
प्राहुःprāhuḥthey call.
त्यागम्tyāgamtyāga.
विचक्षणाःvicakṣaṇāḥthe wise, the learned.
Translation

The Blessed Lord said: “The giving up of activity based on material desire the wise call sannyāsa. And the relinquishing of all the fruits of one’s activity the learned call tyāga.”

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