# Bhagavad Gita 18.5

**Canonical reference:** `gita.18.5`  
**Speaker:** Krishna  
**Corpus version:** gita-1.0.0-rc.1

## Sanskrit (Devanagari)

यज्ञदानतपःकर्म न त्याज्यं कार्यमेव तत्।
यज्ञो दानं तपश्चैव पावनानि मनीषिणाम् ॥

## IAST

yajñadānatapaḥkarma na tyājyaṃ kāryameva tat
yajño dānaṃ tapaścaiva pāvanāni manīṣiṇām

## English — Kashinath Trimbak Telang, 1882

The actions of sacrifice, gift, and penance should not be abandoned they must needs be performed

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