Adhyāya 18Ch 18•Verse 8
"Anyone who gives up prescribed duties as troubleso..."
Adhyāya 18 • Shloka 8
दुःखमित्येव यत्कर्म कायक्लेशभयात्त्यजेत् | स कृत्वा राजसं त्यागं नैव त्यागफलं लभेत् || ८ ||
duḥkham ity eva yat karma kāya-kleśa-bhayāt tyajet | sa kṛtvā rājasaṁ tyāgaṁ naiva tyāga-phalaṁ labhet || 8 ||
"Anyone who gives up prescribed duties as troublesome or out of fear of bodily discomfort is said to have renounced in the mode of passion. Such action never leads to the elevation of renunciation."