BG - 18.7

नियतस्य तु संन्यासः कर्मणो नोपपद्यते।मोहात्तस्य परित्यागस्तामसः परिकीर्तितः।।18.7।।

niyatasya tu sannyāsaḥ karmaṇo nopapadyate mohāt tasya parityāgas tāmasaḥ parikīrtitaḥ

• niyatasya - of prescribed duties
• tu - but
• sanyāsaḥ - renunciation
• karmaṇaḥ - actions
• na - never
• upapadyate - to be performed
• mohāt - deluded
• tasya - of that
• parityāgaḥ - renunciation
• tāmasaḥ - in the mode of ignorance
• parikīrtitaḥ - has been declared

Translation

Verily, the renunciation of obligatory action is not proper; the abandonment of the same out of delusion is declared to be Tamasic.

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