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EIGHTEENTH DISCOURSE.

अर्जुन उवाच ।

संन्यासस्य महाबाहो तत्त्वमिच्छामि वेदितुम् ।

त्यागस्य च हृषीकेश पृथक्केशिनिषूदन ॥ १ ॥

Arjuna said:

I desire, O mighty-armed, to know severally the essence of renunciation,[1] O Hrishîkesha, and of relinquishment[2], O Keshinishûdana[3]. (1)

श्रीभगवानुवाच ।

काम्यानां कर्मणां न्यासं संन्यासं कवयो विदुः ।

सर्वकर्मफलत्यागं प्राहुस्त्यागं विचक्षणाः ॥ २ ॥

The Blessed Lord said:

Sages have known as renunciation the renouncing of works with desire; the relinquishing of the fruit of all actions is called relinquishment by the wise. (2)


  1. Sannyâsa.
  2. Tyâga.
  3. Slayer of Keshi, a demon.