Bhagavad Gita · 18.7
॥
Devanāgarī
नियतस्य तु संन्यासः कर्मणो नोपपद्यते ।
मोहात्तस्य परित्यागस्तामसः परिकीर्तितः ॥
Transliteration (IAST)
niyatasya tu sannyāsaḥ karmaṇo nopapadyate |
mohāt tasya parityāgas tāmasaḥ parikīrtitaḥ ||
Word-by-word
SanskritIASTMeaning
नियतस्य तुniyatasya tubut of the prescribed.
संन्यासः कर्मणःsannyāsaḥ karmaṇaḥthe renunciation (sannyāsaḥ) of activity (karmaṇaḥ).
न उपपद्यतेna upapadyateis not permissible, is not enjoined.
मोहात्mohātout of illusion.
तस्य परित्यागःtasya parityāgaḥrenunciation of it.
तामसःtāmasaḥin the mode of ignorance.
परिकीर्तितःparikīrtitaḥis proclaimed, is called.
Translation
“One should never give up prescribed duties. Such renunciation, performed out of illusion, is declared to be renunciation in the mode of ignorance.”
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