अर्जुन उवाच | संन्यासस्य महाबाहो तत्त्वमिच्छामि वेदितुम् | त्यागस्य च हृषीकेश पृथक्केशिनिषूदन
arjuna uvāca . saṃnyāsasya mahābāho tattvamicchāmi veditum . tyāgasya ca hṛṣīkeśa pṛthakkeśiniṣūdana
Arjuna sprach: Oh Mächtiger (Mahābāho), oh Herr der Sinne (Hṛṣīkeśa), oh Bezwinger des Kesi (Keśiniṣūdana), ich möchte die Wahrheit über Saṃnyāsa und Tyāga getrennt voneinander erfahren.
Arjuna said O mighty-armed Hrsikesa, O slayer of (the demon) Kesi, I want to know serverally the truth about sannyasa as also about tyaga.
Arjuna bittet Sri Krishna, den Unterschied zwischen den Begriffen Saṃnyāsa (Entsagung) und Tyāga (Aufgabe) zu erklären, da diese in den vorherigen Kapiteln verwendet wurden, aber ihre genaue Bedeutung und Abgrenzung noch nicht klar dargelegt wurde. Keśiniṣūdana ist ein Beiname Krishnas, der den Dämon Kesi besiegte.
The teaching of the whole of the GitaSastra is summed up beautifully in this discourse. This last discourse is a brief masterly summary of all that is told in the previous chapters. Arjuna wishes to know the distinction between Sannyasa and Tyaga.Kesi was an Asura whom Lord Krishna slew. So Lord Krishna is addressed as Kesinishudana by Arjuna.The words Sannyasa and Tyaga have been used here and there in the preceding discourses but their connotations are not lucidly distinguished. Therefore Lord Krishna clearly explains to Arjuna the right significance of the two terms in the following verse.