Chapter 18 Verse 2 of 78

• śrī-bhagavān uvāca
• kāmyānāḿ karmaṇāḿ nyāsaḿ
• sannyāsaḿ kavayo viduḥ
• sarva-karma-phala-tyāgaḿ
• prāhus tyāgaḿ vicakṣaṇāḥ

Translation

The Supreme Personality of Godhead said: The giving up of activities that are based on material desire is what great learned men call the renounced order of life [sannyāsa]. And giving up the results of all activities is what the wise call renunciation [tyāga].

Synonyms

• uvāca

  the Supreme Personality of Godhead said

• kāmyānām

  with desire

• karmaṇām

  of activities

• nyāsam

  renunciation

• sannyāsam

  the renounced order of life

• kavayaḥ

  the learned

• viduḥ

  know

• sarva

  of all

• karma

  activities

• phala

  of results

• tyāgam

  renunciation

• prāhuḥ

  call

• tyāgam

  renunciation

• vicakṣaṇāḥ

  the experienced.

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