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Ch 18•Verse 2
Adhyāya 18 • Shloka 2

श्रीभगवानुवाच | काम्यानां कर्मणां न्यासं सन्न्यासं कवयो विदुः | सर्वकर्मफलत्यागं प्राहुस्त्यागं विचक्षणाः || २ ||

śrī-bhagavān uvāca | kāmyānāṁ karmaṇāṁ nyāsaṁ sannyāsaṁ kavayo viduḥ | sarva-karma-phala-tyāgaṁ prāhus tyāgaṁ vicakṣaṇāḥ || 2 ||

"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]."

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The Direct Meaning

Krishna immediately delivers clear, clinical definitions. He states that the great sages (kavayo) define 'Sannyāsa' as the complete giving up (nyāsaṁ) of all actions that are driven by selfish, material desire (kāmyānāṁ karmaṇāṁ). Conversely, the wise define 'Tyāga' as continuing to perform actions, but completely giving up the claim to the fruits or results of all those actions (sarva-karma-phala-tyāgaṁ).

Translated from the original Sanskrit text

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