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Bhagavad Gita 18.7

Chapter 18: Moksha Sanyasa Yoga (Liberation Through Renunciation) · मोक्षसंन्यासयोग

नियतस्य तु संन्यासः कर्मणो नोपपद्यते ।मोहात्तस्य परित्यागस्तामसः परिकीर्तितः ॥

niyatasya tu saṃnyāsaḥ karmaṇo nopapadyate |mohāttasya parityāgastāmasaḥ parikīrtitaḥ ||

Meaning of Gita 18.7 in English

Giving up the duties you are meant to do is not right. Dropping them out of confusion is called tamasic renunciation — renunciation born of ignorance.

गीता 18.7 का हिंदी अर्थ

जो कर्तव्य हमें करने ही चाहिए, उन्हें छोड़ देना ठीक नहीं है। मोह या भ्रम के कारण उन्हें छोड़ना तामसिक त्याग कहलाता है।

avoiding responsibilitydoing your own dutyconfusionthree gunas

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The Sanskrit is public domain; the transliteration was generated for Saarthi. Meanings are original plain-language paraphrases, not a scholarly translation.