Original Sanskrit
Transliteration
English Translation
He who, from fear of bodily trouble, abandons action because it is painful, thus performing a RAJASIC (passionate) abandonment, obtains not the fruit of abandonment.
Word-by-Word Meaning
duḥkhaṃ = unhappy; iti = thus; eva = certainly; yat = which; karma = work; kāya = for the body; kleśa = trouble; bhayāt = out of fear; tyajet = gives up; saḥ = he; kṛtvā = after doing; rājasaṃ = in the mode of passion; tyāgaṃ = renunciation; na = not; eva = certainly; tyāga = of renunciation; phalaṃ = the results; labhet = gains.;
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Summary
The Yoga of Liberation through Renunciation
Total Verses:78
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