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Bhagavad Gita 18.2

श्री भगवानुवाच काम्यानां कर्मणां न्यासं संन्यासं कवयो विदुः। सर्वकर्मफलत्यागं प्राहुस्त्यागं विचक्षणाः।।

śhrī-bhagavān uvācha kāmyānāṁ karmaṇāṁ nyāsaṁ sannyāsaṁ kavayo viduḥ sarva-karma-phala-tyāgaṁ prāhus tyāgaṁ vichakṣhaṇāḥ

Word-by-Word

SanskritTransliterationMeaning
śhrī-bhagavān uvāchaśhrī-bhagavān uvāchathe Supreme Divine Personality said
kāmyānāmkāmyānāmdesireful
karmaṇāmkarmaṇāmof actions
nyāsamnyāsamgiving up
sanyāsamsanyāsamrenunciation of actions
kavayaḥkavayaḥthe learned
viduḥviduḥto understand
sarvasarvaall
karma-phalakarma-phalafruits of actions
tyāgamtyāgamrenunciation of desires for enjoying the fruits of actions
prāhuḥprāhuḥdeclare
tyāgamtyāgamrenunciation of desires for enjoying the fruits of actions
vichakṣhaṇāḥvichakṣhaṇāḥthe wise

The Blessed Lord said, "The sages understand sannyasa to be the renunciation of action with desire; the wise declare the abandonment of the fruits of all actions to be tyaga."

श्रीभगवान् ने कहा -- (कुछ) कवि (पण्डित) जन काम्य कर्मों के त्याग को "संन्यास" समझते हैं और विचारशील जन समस्त कर्मों के फलों के त्याग को "त्याग" कहते हैं।।