Yoga through the Perfection of Renunciation and Surrender

Shloka 18.7

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BHAGAVAD GITA · 18.7

नियतस्य तु संन्यासः कर्मणो नोपपद्यते | मोहात्तस्य परित्यागस्तामसः परिकीर्तितः ||१८-७||

Transliteration · pronunciation guide

niyatasya tu saṃnyāsaḥ karmaṇo nopapadyate . mohāttasya parityāgastāmasaḥ parikīrtitaḥ ||18-7||

English translation

18.7 Verily the renunciation of obligatory action is not proper; the abandonment of the same from delusion is declared to be Tamasic.

Translation: Swami Sivananda · Sources & context

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