BG - 18.3

त्याज्यं दोषवदित्येके कर्म प्राहुर्मनीषिणः। यज्ञदानतपःकर्म न त्याज्यमिति चापरे।।18.3।।

tyājyaṁ doṣha-vad ity eke karma prāhur manīṣhiṇaḥ yajña-dāna-tapaḥ-karma na tyājyam iti chāpare

• tyājyam - should be given up
• doṣha-vat - as evil
• iti - thus
• eke - some
• karma - actions
• prāhuḥ - declare
• manīṣhiṇaḥ - the learned
• yajña - sacrifice
• dāna - charity
• tapaḥ - penance
• karma - acts
• na - never
• tyājyam - should be abandoned
• iti - thus
• cha - and
• apare - others

Translation

Some philosophers declare that actions should be abandoned as evil; while others declare that acts of sacrifice, gift, and austerity should not be relinquished.

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