Having established that duty must be performed, Krishna explains how renunciation itself can be infected by the three modes of nature. He states unequivocally that prescribed duties (niyatasya karmaṇo) should never be entirely abandoned (sannyāsaḥ nopapadyate). If a person gives up their fundamental responsibilities out of sheer illusion or delusion (mohāt tasya parityāgas), that 'renunciation' is declared to be in the mode of dark ignorance (tāmasaḥ parikīrtitaḥ).