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tad ity anabhisandhāya phalaḿ yajña-tapaḥ-kriyāḥ dāna-kriyāś ca vividhāḥ kriyante mokṣa-kāńkṣibhiḥ Translation of Bhagavad Gita 17.25 Without desiring fruitive results, one should perform various kinds of sacrifice,...

sad-bhāve sādhu-bhāve ca sad ity etat prayujyate praśaste karmaṇi tathā sac-chabdaḥ pārtha yujyate yajñe tapasi dāne ca sthitiḥ sad iti cocyate karma caiva tad-arthīyaḿ sad ity evābhidhīyate Translation of Bhagavad Gita...

aśraddhayā hutaḿ dattaḿ tapas taptaḿ kṛtaḿ ca yat asad ity ucyate pārtha na ca tat pretya no iha Translation of Bhagavad Gita 17.28 Anything done as sacrifice, charity or penance without faith in the Supreme, O son of...

arjuna uvāca sannyāsasya mahā-bāho tattvam icchāmi veditum tyāgasya ca hṛṣīkeśa pṛthak keśi-niṣūdana Translation of Bhagavad Gita 18.1 Arjuna said: O mighty-armed one, I wish to understand the purpose of renunciation [tyaga]...

śrī-bhagavān uvāca kāmyānāḿ karmaṇāḿ nyāsaḿ sannyāsaḿ kavayo viduḥ sarva-karma-phala-tyāgaḿ prāhus tyāgaḿ vicakṣaṇāḥ Translation of Bhagavad Gita 18.2 The Supreme Personality of Godhead said: The giving up of...

tyājyaḿ doṣa-vad ity eke karma prāhur manīṣiṇaḥ yajña-dāna-tapaḥ-karma na tyājyam iti cāpare Translation of Bhagavad Gita 18.3 Some learned men declare that all kinds of fruitive activities should be given up as faulty,...

niścayaḿ śṛṇu me tatra tyāge bharata-sattama tyāgo hi puruṣa-vyāghra tri-vidhaḥ samprakīrtitaḥ Translation of Bhagavad Gita 18.4 O best of the Bharatas, now hear My judgment about renunciation. O tiger among men,...

yajña-dāna-tapaḥ-karma na tyājyaḿ kāryam eva tat yajño dānaḿ tapaś caiva pāvanāni manīṣiṇām Translation of Bhagavad Gita 18.5 Acts of sacrifice, charity and penance are not to be given up; they must be performed. Indeed,...

etāny api tu karmāṇi sańgaḿ tyaktvā phalāni ca kartavyānīti me pārtha niścitaḿ matam uttamam Translation of Bhagavad Gita 18.6 All these activities should be performed without attachment or any expectation of result. They...

niyatasya tu sannyāsaḥ karmaṇo nopapadyate mohāt tasya parityāgas tāmasaḥ parikīrtitaḥ Translation of Bhagavad Gita 18.72 Prescribed duties should never be renounced. If one gives up his prescribed duties because of...