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Bhagavad Gita

Chapter 18 · Mokṣa Sannyāsa Yoga

Shloka 18.8
Lesson 631 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

दुःखमित्येव यत्कर्म कायक्लेशभयात्त्यजेत्।स कृत्वा राजसं त्यागं नैव त्यागफलं लभेत्॥

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Shloka · Roman transliteration

duḥkham ity eva yat karma kāya-kleśha-bhayāt tyajetsa kṛitvā rājasaṁ tyāgaṁ naiva tyāga-phalaṁ labhet

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Sandhi-vicheda

duḥkham+iti+eva+yat+karma+kāya+kleśha+bhayāt+tyajet+saḥ+kṛitvā+rājasam+tyāgam+na+eva+tyāga+phalam+labhet

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Meaning of each word

duḥkhamsource form
troublesome
itisource form
as
evasource form
indeed
yatsource form
which
karmasource form
duties
kāyasource form
bodily
kleśhasource form
discomfort
bhayātsource form
out of fear
tyajetsource form
giving up
saḥsource form
they
kṛitvāsource form
having done
rājasamsource form
in the mode of passion
tyāgamsource form
renunciation of desires for enjoying the fruits of actions
nasource form
never
evasource form
certainly
tyāgasource form
renunciation of desires for enjoying the fruits of actions
phalamsource form
result
labhetsource form
attain
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Translation

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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

।।18.8।। --,दुःखम् इति एव यत् कर्म कायक्लेशभयात् शरीरदुःखभयात् त्यजेत्? सः कृत्वा राजसं रजोनिर्वर्त्यं त्यागं नैव त्यागफलं ज्ञानपूर्वकस्य सर्वकर्मत्यागस्य फलं मोक्षाख्यं न लभेत् नैव लभेत।।कः पुनः सात्त्विकः त्यागः इति? आह --,

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Academic recordBhagavad Gita 18.8
Course position631 / 701
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