Bhagavad Gītā 18.8

दु:खमित्येव यत्कर्म कायक्लेशभयात्यजेत् ।
स कृत्वा राजसं त्यागं नैव त्यागफलं लभेत् ।।८।।

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Sanskrit	Analysis (Sandhi Removed)
दु:खमित्येव यत्कर्म duḥkhamityeva yatkarma	duḥkham (n. sg. acc. adj.) - Sorrowful iti - Thus eva - Certainly yat (n. sg. acc.) - Which karma (n. sg. acc.) - Action
कायक्लेशभयात्त्यजेत् kāyakleśabhayāttyajet	kāya (m. stem) - Body kleśa (m. stem) - Suffering bhayāt (n. sg. abl.) - From fear kāyakleśabhayāt (n. sg. abl. tp.) - From fear of suffering of the body tyajet (3sg. opt. √tyaj [1P]) - One should abandon
स कृत्वा राजसं त्यागं sa kṛtvā rājasaṃ tyāgaṃ	sa (m. sg. nom.) - He kṛtvā (gerund of √kṛ [8P]) - Having done rājasam (m. sg. acc. adj.) - Of the mode of passion tyāgam (m. sg. acc.) - Abandonment
नैव त्यागफलं लभेत् naiva tyāgaphalaṃ labhet	na - Not eva - Certainly tyāga (m. stem) - Abandonment phalam (n. nom. acc.) - Fruit tyāgaphalam (n. nom. acc.) - Fruit of abandonment labhet (3sg. opt. √labh [1P])- He should obtain

He who should abandon work which is sorrowful or from fear of bodily suffering has performed abandonment in the mode of passion. He will not attain the fruit of renunciation.

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