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Bhagavad Gita / Chapter 18 / Verse 3
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Bhagavad Gita 18.3

Sanskrit
Hindi
Sanskrit

त्याज्यं दोषवदित्येके कर्म प्राहुर्मनीषिणः | यज्ञदानतपःकर्म न त्याज्यमिति चापरे

Transliteration

tyājyaṃ doṣavadityeke karma prāhurmanīṣiṇaḥ . yajñadānatapaḥkarma na tyājyamiti cāpare

English

Some learned persons say that action, beset with evil (as it is), should be given up, and others (say) that the practice of sacrifice, charity and austertiy should not be given up.

हिन्दी

कुछ मनीषी जन कहते हैं कि समस्त कर्म दोषयुक्त होने के कारण त्याज्य हैं; और अन्य जन कहते हैं कि यज्ञ, दान और तपरूप कर्म त्याज्य नहीं हैं।।

Explanation — English

Some philosophers who follow the doctrine of the Sankhyas declare that all actions,should be abandoned as evil? even by those who are fit for Karma Yoga.Doshavat As an evil All Karmas should be abandoned as involving evil because they cause bondage or that they should be relinished like passion and other such evil tendencies.Others declare that the acts of sacrifice? gifts and austerities should not be given up by those who are fit for Karma Yoga. These are the opinions of some? who are of great understanding.Now listen to Me. I will settle this matter and will tell thee how renunciation should be practised.The subject of the discourse here is about the Karma Yogins only and not about those persons who have gone beyond the path of Karma. It is with reference to the Karma Yogins that these conflicting opinions are held and not with reference to the Jnana Yogins or the Sannyasins who have risen above all worldly concerns.

Explanation — हिन्दी

पूर्व श्लोक में निश्चयात्मक रूप से कहा गया था कि त्याग साधन है और संन्यास साध्य है। सांख्य सिद्धांत के समर्थकों का इस त्याग के विषय में यह मत है कि समस्त कर्म दोषयुक्त होने के कारण त्याज्य हैं। उनके मतानुसार? सभी कर्म वासनाएं उत्पन्न करते हैं? जो आत्मा को आच्छादित कर देती है। अत कर्मों का सर्वथा त्याग करना चाहिए। परन्तु सांख्य दर्शन के कुछ व्याख्याकार कहते हैं कि केवल उन कर्मों का ही त्याग करना चाहिए? जो कामना और स्वार्थ से प्रेरित होते हैं न कि सभी कर्म त्याज्य हैं।तत्त्वचिन्तक मनीषी जनों का यह उपदेश है कि साधकों को काम्य और निषिद्ध कर्मों का त्याग और कर्तव्य कर्मों का पालन करना चाहिए। सत्कर्मों के आचरण से ही मनुष्य का चरित्र निर्माण होता है। इन व्याख्याकारों के अनुसार यज्ञ? दान और तपरूप कर्म त्याज्य नहीं हैं।गीता के अध्येताओं को यह ज्ञात होना चाहिए कि भगवान् श्रीकृष्ण अर्जुन को केवल दोषयुक्त कर्मों को ही त्यागने का उपदेश देते हैं। उनका मनुष्य को आह्वान है कि उसको कर्म के द्वारा ही ईश्वर की भक्ति करनी चाहिए। यह आध्यात्मिक साधना है। भगवान का निर्णय है कि अज्ञानी जनो को कर्म करने चाहिये। उपर्युक्त विकल्पों के विषय में वे कहते हैं

Sanskrit
English
त्याज्यम्
should be abandoned
दोषवत् (full
of) as an evil
इति
thus
एके
some
कर्म
action
प्राहुः
declare
मनीषिणः
philosophers
यज्ञदानतपःकर्म
acts of sacrifice
gift
and austerity
न
not
त्याज्यम्
should be relinished
इति
thus
च
and
अपरे
others.
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18.1Arjuna said O mighty-armed Hrsikesa, O slayer of (the demon) Kesi, I want to know serverally the truth about sannyasa as also about tyaga.18.2The Blessed Lord said The learned ones know sannyasa to be the giving up of actions done with a desire for reward. The adepts call the abandonment of the results of all works as tyaga.18.4O the most excellent among the descendants of Bharata, hear from Me the firm conclusion regarding that tyaga. For, O greatest among men, tyaga has been clearly declared to be of three kinds.18.5The practice of sacrifice, charity and austerity is not to be abandoned; it is surely to be undertaken. Sacrifice, charity and austerity are verily the purifiers of the wise.18.6But even these actions have to be undertaken by renouncing attachment and (hankering for) results. This is My firm and best conclusion, O Parhta.18.7The abandoning of daily obligatory acts (nityakamas) is not justifiable. Giving up that through delusion is declared to be based on tamas.18.8Whatever action one may relinish merely as being painful, from fear of physical suffering, he, having resorted to renunciation based on rajas, will surely not acire the fruits of renunciation.18.9Whatever obligatory duty is performed just because it is a bounden duty, O Arjuna, by giving up attachment and the result as well,-that renunciation is considered to be based on sattva.18.10The man of renunciation who has become imbued with sattva, who is wise and freed from doubts, does not hate unbefitting action, nor does he become attached to befitting activity.18.11Since it is not possible for one who holds on to a body to give up actions entirely, therefore he, on the other hand, who renounces results on actions is called a man of renunciation.