Bhagavad Gita · 18.8
॥
Devanāgarī
दुःखमित्येव यत्कर्म कायक्लेशभयात्त्यजेत् ।
स कृत्वा राजसं त्यागं नैव त्यागफलं लभेत् ॥
Transliteration (IAST)
duḥkham ity eva yat karma kāya-kleśa-bhayāt tyajet |
sa kṛtvā rājasaṁ tyāgaṁ naiva tyāga-phalaṁ labhet ||
Word-by-word
SanskritIASTMeaning
दुःखम् इति एवduḥkham iti eva“this is troublesome”.
यत् कर्मyat karmathat activity which.
कायक्लेशभयात्kāya-kleśa-bhayātout of fear (bhayāt) of bodily (kāya) suffering (kleśa).
त्यजेत्tyajethe abandons.
सः कृत्वाsaḥ kṛtvāhe, having performed.
राजसम् त्यागम्rājasaṁ tyāgamrenunciation in the mode of passion.
न एवna evaindeed not.
त्यागफलम्tyāga-phalamthe fruit (phalam) of renunciation (tyāga).
लभेत्labhethe attains.
Translation
“One who gives up prescribed activity, thinking it troublesome, or out of fear of bodily suffering, performs renunciation in the mode of passion. Such a person never attains the true fruit of renunciation.”
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