Verily, the renunciation of obligatory actions is not proper; the abandonment of the same from delusion is declared to be TAMASIC (dull) .

niyatasya = prescribed; tu = but; saṃnyāsaḥ = renunciation; karmaṇaḥ = of activities; na = never; upapadyate = is deserved; mohāt = by illusion; tasya = of them; parityāgaḥ = renunciation; tāmasaḥ = in the mode of ignorance; parikīrtitaḥ = is declared.;