Gita Verse 18.7

Bhagavad Gita: Chapter 18, Verse 7

Sanskrit Verse

नियतस्य तु संन्यासः कर्मणो नोपपद्यते।मोहात्तस्य परित्यागस्तामसः परिकीर्तितः।।18.7।।

Transliteration

niyatasya tu sannyāsaḥ karmaṇo nopapadyate

mohāt tasya parityāgas tāmasaḥ parikīrtitaḥ

Word meanings

niyatasya—of prescribed duties; tu—but; sanyāsaḥ—renunciation; karmaṇaḥ—actions; na—never; upapadyate—to be performed; mohāt—deluded; tasya—of that; parityāgaḥ—renunciation; tāmasaḥ—in the mode of ignorance; parikīrtitaḥ—has been declared

Swami Sivananda's translation

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

Chapter link: Gita Chapter 18

Related Gunas: Tamas