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Bhagavad Gita

Chapter 18 · Mokṣa Sannyāsa Yoga

Shloka 18.11
Lesson 634 of 701 · database edition c6fce3959544
Scene and context

Integration, surrender, freedom and the final counsel. How do the Gita’s teachings come together in its final counsel?

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Shloka · Devanagari

न हि देहभृता शक्यं त्यक्तुं कर्माण्यशेषतः।यस्तु कर्मफलत्यागी स त्यागीत्यभिधीयते॥

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Shloka · Roman transliteration

na hi deha-bhṛitā śhakyaṁ tyaktuṁ karmāṇy aśheṣhataḥyas tu karma-phala-tyāgī sa tyāgīty abhidhīyate

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Sandhi-vicheda

na+hi+deha-bhṛitā+śhakyam+tyaktum+karmāṇi+aśheṣhataḥ+yaḥ+tu+karma-phala+tyāgī+saḥ+tyāgī+iti+abhidhīyate

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Meaning of each word

nasource form
not
hisource form
indeed
deha-bhṛitāsource form
for the embodied being
śhakyamsource form
possible
tyaktumsource form
to give up
karmāṇisource form
activities
aśheṣhataḥsource form
entirely
yaḥsource form
who
tusource form
but
karma-phalasource form
fruits of actions
tyāgīsource form
one who renounces all desires for enjoying the fruits of actions
saḥsource form
they
tyāgīsource form
one who renounces all desires for enjoying the fruits of actions
itisource form
as
abhidhīyatesource form
are said
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Translation

Approved English translation pending

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Bhāṣya · Commentary

Commentarial traditionĀdi ŚaṅkarācāryaAdvaita VedāntaEditionBhagavad Gītā Bhāṣya of Ādi Śaṅkarācārya — Sanskrit draft · classical-sa-draft-1
Editorial statusDraft Sanskrit text · scholarly review pending

।।18.11।। -- न हि यस्मात् देहभृता? देहं बिभर्तीति देहभृत्? देहात्माभिमानवान् देहभृत् उच्यते? न विवेकी स हि वेदाविनाशिनम् (गीता 2।21) इत्यादिना कर्तृत्वाधिकारात् निवर्तितः। अतः तेन देहभृता अज्ञेन न शक्यं त्यक्तुं संन्यसितुं कर्माणि अशेषतः निःशेषेण। तस्मात् यस्तु अज्ञः अधिकृतः नित्यानि कर्माणि कुर्वन् कर्मफलत्यागी कर्मफलाभिसंधिमात्रसंन्यासी सः त्यागी इति अभिधीयते कर्मी अपि सन् इति स्तुत्यभिप्रायेण। तस्मात् परमार्थदर्शिनैव अदेहभृता देहात्मभावरहितेन अशेषकर्मसंन्यासः शक्यते कर्तुम्।।किं पुनः तत् प्रयोजनम्? यत् सर्वकर्मसंन्यासात् स्यादिति? उच्यते --,

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Academic recordBhagavad Gita 18.11
Course position634 / 701
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