Chapter 18 Verse 11 of 78

• na hi deha-bhṛtā śakyaḿ
• tyaktuḿ karmāṇy aśeṣataḥ
• yas tu karma-phala-tyāgī
• sa tyāgīty abhidhīyate

Translation

It is indeed impossible for an embodied being to give up all activities. But he who renounces the fruits of action is called one who has truly renounced.

Synonyms

• na

  never

• hi

  certainly

• bhṛtā

  by the embodied

• śakyam

  is possible

• tyaktum

  to be renounced

• karmāṇi

  activities

• aśeṣataḥ

  altogether

• yaḥ

  anyone who

• tu

  but

• karma

  of work

• phala

  of the result

• tyāgī

  the renouncer

• saḥ

  he

• tyāgī

  the renouncer

• iti

  thus

• abhidhīyate

  is said.

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