Bhagavad Gita 18.7
नियतस्य तु संन्यासः कर्मणो नोपपद्यते।मोहात्तस्य परित्यागस्तामसः परिकीर्तितः।।
niyatasya tu sannyāsaḥ karmaṇo nopapadyate mohāt tasya parityāgas tāmasaḥ parikīrtitaḥ
Word-by-Word
| Sanskrit | Transliteration | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| niyatasya | niyatasya | of prescribed duties |
| tu | tu | but |
| sanyāsaḥ | sanyāsaḥ | renunciation |
| karmaṇaḥ | karmaṇaḥ | actions |
| na | na | never |
| upapadyate | upapadyate | to be performed |
| mohāt | mohāt | deluded |
| tasya | tasya | of that |
| parityāgaḥ | parityāgaḥ | renunciation |
| tāmasaḥ | tāmasaḥ | in the mode of ignorance |
| parikīrtitaḥ | parikīrtitaḥ | has been declared |
Verily, the renunciation of obligatory action is not proper; the abandonment of the same out of delusion is declared to be Tamasic.
नियत कर्म का त्याग उचित नहीं है; मोहवश उसका त्याग करना "तामस त्याग" कहा गया है।।