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duḥkham ity eva yat karma kāya-kleśa-bhayāt tyajet sa kṛtvā rājasaḿ tyāgaḿ naiva tyāga-phalaḿ labhet Translation of Bhagavad Gita 18.8 Anyone who gives up prescribed duties as troublesome or out of fear of bodily discomfort...

kāryam ity eva yat karma niyataḿ kriyate ’rjuna sańgaḿ tyaktvā phalaḿ caiva sa tyāgaḥ sāttviko mataḥ Translation of Bhagavad Gita 18.9 O Arjuna, when one performs his prescribed duty only because it ought to be done, and...

na dveṣṭy akuśalaḿ karma kuśale nānuṣajjate tyāgī sattva-samāviṣṭo medhāvī chinna-saḿśayaḥ Translation of Bhagavad Gita 18.10 The intelligent renouncer situated in the mode of goodness, neither hateful of inauspicious...

na hi deha-bhṛtā śakyaḿ tyaktuḿ karmāṇy aśeṣataḥ yas tu karma-phala-tyāgī sa tyāgīty abhidhīyate Translation of Bhagavad Gita 18.11 It is indeed impossible for an embodied being to give up all activities. But he who...

aniṣṭam iṣṭaḿ miśraḿ ca tri-vidhaḿ karmaṇaḥ phalam bhavaty atyāgināḿ pretya na tu sannyāsināḿ kvacit Translation of Bhagavad Gita 18.12 For one who is not renounced, the threefold fruits of action—desirable,...

pañcaitāni mahā-bāho kāraṇāni nibodha me sāńkhye kṛtānte proktāni siddhaye sarva-karmaṇām Translation of Bhagavad Gita 18.13 O mighty-armed Arjuna, according to the Vedanta there are five causes for the accomplishment of all...

adhiṣṭhānaḿ tathā kartā karaṇaḿ ca pṛthag-vidham vividhāś ca pṛthak ceṣṭā daivaḿ caivātra pañcamam Translation of Bhagavad Gita 18.14 The place of action [the body], the performer, the various senses, the many...

śarīra-vāń-manobhir yat karma prārabhate naraḥ nyāyyaḿ vā viparītaḿ vā pañcaite tasya hetavaḥ Translation of Bhagavad Gita 18.15 Whatever right or wrong action a man performs by body, mind or speech is caused by these five...

tatraivaḿ sati kartāram ātmānaḿ kevalaḿ tu yaḥ paśyaty akṛta-buddhitvān na sa paśyati durmatiḥ Translation of Bhagavad Gita 18.16 Therefore one who thinks himself the only doer, not considering the five factors, is...

yasya nāhańkṛto bhāvo buddhir yasya na lipyate hatvāpi sa imāḻ lokān na hanti na nibadhyat Translation of Bhagavad Gita 18.17 One who is not motivated by false ego, whose intelligence is not entangled, though he kills men in...