BG - 18.2

श्री भगवानुवाच काम्यानां कर्मणां न्यासं संन्यासं कवयो विदुः। सर्वकर्मफलत्यागं प्राहुस्त्यागं विचक्षणाः।।18.2।।

śhrī-bhagavān uvācha kāmyānāṁ karmaṇāṁ nyāsaṁ sannyāsaṁ kavayo viduḥ sarva-karma-phala-tyāgaṁ prāhus tyāgaṁ vichakṣhaṇāḥ

• śhrī-bhagavān uvācha - the Supreme Divine Personality said
• kāmyānām - desireful
• karmaṇām - of actions
• nyāsam - giving up
• sanyāsam - renunciation of actions
• kavayaḥ - the learned
• viduḥ - to understand
• sarva - all
• karma-phala - fruits of actions
• tyāgam - renunciation of desires for enjoying the fruits of actions
• prāhuḥ - declare
• tyāgam - renunciation of desires for enjoying the fruits of actions
• vichakṣhaṇāḥ - the wise

Translation

The Blessed Lord said, "The sages understand sannyasa to be the renunciation of action with desire; the wise declare the abandonment of the fruits of all actions to be tyaga."

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