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BHAGAVAD-GITA 18:2

 

sri-bhagavan uvaca

kamyanam karmanam nyasam

sannyasam kavayo viduh

sarva-karma-phala-tyagam

prahus tyagam vicaksanah

 

WORD FOR WORD

 

sri-bhagavan uvaca--the Supreme Personality of Godhead said;

kamyanam--with desire; karmanam--of activities; nyasam--renunciation;

sannyasam--the renounced order of life; kavayah--the learned;

viduh--know; sarva--of all; karma--activities; phala--of results;

tyagam--renunciation; prahuh--call; tyagam--renunciation;

vicaksanah--the experienced.

 

TRANSLATION

 

The Supreme Personality of Godhead said: The giving up of activities

that are based on material desire is what great learned men call the

renounced order of life [sannyasa]. And giving up the results of all

activities is what the wise call renunciation [tyaga].

 

PURPORT

 

The performance of activities for results has to be given up. This is

the instruction of Bhagavad-gita. But activities leading to advanced

spiritual knowledge are not to be given up. This will be made clear in

the next verses. In the Vedic literature there are many prescriptions

of methods for performing sacrifice for some particular purpose. There

are certain sacrifices to perform to attain a good son or to attain

elevation to the higher planets, but sacrifices prompted by desires

should be stopped. However, sacrifice for the purification of one's

heart or for advancement in the spiritual science should not be given

up.

 

Copyright 1983 The Bhaktivedanta Book Trust International. Used with

permission.

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