Bhagavad Gītā 18.7

नियतस्य तु सन्न्यास: कर्मणो नोपपद्यते ।
मोहात्तस्य परित्यागस्तामस: परिकीर्तित: ।।७।।

List of Verses

⟵

⟶

Sanskrit	Analysis (Sandhi Removed)
नियतस्य तु सन्न्यास: niyatasya tu saṃnyāsaḥ	niyatasya (n. sg. gen. adj.) - Prescribed tu - But saṃnyāsaḥ (m. sg. nom.) - Renunciation
कर्मणो नोपपद्यते karmaṇo nopapadyate	karmaṇaḥ (n. sg. gen.) - Of action na - Not upapadyate (3sg. pres. ind. upa + √pad [4A]) - Takes place, is proper
मोहात्तस्य परित्यागस् mohāttasya parityāgas	mohāt (m. sg. abl.) - From delusion tasya (m. sg. gen.) - His parityāgaḥ (m. sg. nom.) - Abandonment
तामस: परिकीर्तित: tāmasaḥ parikīrtitaḥ	tāmasaḥ (m. sg. nom. adj.) - In ignorance, of darkness parikīrtitaḥ (m. sg. nom. PPP of pari + √kīrt [10P])- Declared

But renunciation of prescribed action is not proper. Such delusional renunciation is declared to be in the mode of ignorance.

⟵

⟶