Learn·Chapter 18 · Liberation through renunciation·Verse 7 of 78
Bhagavad Gītā 18.7, word by word
BG 18.7
नियतस्य तु संन्यासः कर्मणो नोपपद्यते।मोहात्तस्य परित्यागस्तामसः परिकीर्तितः
niyatasya tu sannyāsaḥ karmaṇo nopapadyate mohāt tasya parityāgas tāmasaḥ parikīrtitaḥ
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In English
It is not right to give up actions which are obligatory; and if they are misunderstood, it is the result of sheer ignorance.
Translated by Shri Purohit Swami
Verily, the renunciation of obligatory action is not proper; the abandonment of the same out of delusion is declared to be Tamasic.
Translated by Swami Sivananda
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