Chapter 18 – Shlokas 01-10

Chapter 18:     

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Intro

Shloka 01:     

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arjuna uvāca

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saṃnyāsasya mahābāho

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tattvam icchāmi veditum

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tyāgasya ca hṛṣīkeśa

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pṛthak keśiniṣūdana

Shloka 02:     

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śrī-bhagavān uvāca

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kāmyānāṃ karmaṇāṃ nyāsaṃ

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saṃnyāsaṃ kavayo viduḥ

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sarvakarmaphalatyāgaṃ

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prāhus tyāgaṃ vicakṣaṇāḥ

Shloka 03:     

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tyājyaṃ doṣavad ity eke

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karma prāhur manīṣiṇaḥ

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yajñadānatapaḥkarma

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na tyājyam iti cāpare

Shloka 04:     

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niścayaṃ śṛṇu me tatra

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tyāge bharatasattama

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tyāgo hi puruṣavyāghra

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trividhaḥ saṃprakīrtitaḥ

Shloka 05:     

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yajñadānatapaḥkarma

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na tyājyaṃ kāryam eva tat

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yajño dānaṃ tapaś caiva

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pāvanāni manīṣiṇām

Shloka 06:     

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etāny api tu karmāṇi

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saṅgaṃ tyaktvā phalāni ca

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kartavyānīti me pārtha

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niścitaṃ matam uttamam

Shloka 07:     

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niyatasya tu saṃnyāsaḥ

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karmaṇo nopapadyate

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mohāt tasya parityāgas

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tāmasaḥ parikīrtitaḥ

Shloka 08:     

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duḥkham ity eva yat karma

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kāyakleśabhayāt tyajet

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sa kṛtvā rājasaṃ tyāgaṃ

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naiva tyāgaphalaṃ labhet

Shloka 09:     

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kāryam ity eva yat karma

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niyataṃ kriyaterjuna

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saṅgaṃ tyaktvā phalaṃ caiva

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sa tyāgaḥ sāttviko mataḥ

Shloka 10:     

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na dveṣṭy akuśalaṃ karma

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kuśale nānuṣajjate

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tyāgī sattvasamāviṣṭo

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medhāvī chinnasaṃśayaḥ

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