Sanskrit · Devanagari
अर्जुन उवाच। संन्यासस्य महाबाहो तत्त्वमिच्छामि वेदितुम्। त्यागस्य च हृषीकेश पृथक्केशिनिषूदन ॥
Sanskrit · IAST
arjuna uvāca saṃnyāsasya mahābāho tattvamicchāmi veditum tyāgasya ca hṛṣīkeśa pṛthakkeśiniṣūdana
English witness
Kashinath Trimbak Telang, 1882O you of mighty arms! O Hṛṣīkeśa! O destroyer of Keśin! I wish to know the truth about renunciation and abandonment distinctly.
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Śaṅkarācārya
।।18.1।। --,संन्यासस्य संन्यासशब्दार्थस्य इत्येतत्? हे महाबाहो? तत्त्वं तस्य भावः तत्त्वम्? याथात्म्यमित्येतत्? इच्छामि वेदितुं ज्ञातुम्? त्यागस्य च त्यागशब्दार्थस्येत्येतत्? हृषीकेश? पृथक् इतरेतरविभागतः केशिनिषूदन केशिनामा हयच्छद्मा कश्चित् असुरः तं निषूदितवान् भगवान् वासुदेवः? तेन तन्नाम्ना संबोध्यते अर्जुनेन।।संन्यासत्यागशब्दौ तत्र तत्र निर्दिष्टौ? न निर्लुठितार्थौ पूर्वेषु अध्यायेषु। अतः अर्जुनाय पृष्टवते तन्निर्णयाय भगवान् उवाच --,श्रीभगवानुवाच --,
7837b1855745…Rāmānuja
18.1 Arjuna said Both Sannyasa and Tyaga as a means for release are enjoined in such Srutis: 'Not by rituals, nor by progeny, nor by rituals, nor by progeny, nor by wealth but by Tyaga alone do some attain immortality ৷৷.' (Ma. Na., 5.14). Ascertaining the truth about the Supreme Reality from a knowledge of Vedanta, and becoming purified in mind by the means of Sannyasa Yoga, these Yatis (ascetics), at the dissolution of their bodies, attain the Lord who is higher than the freed selves and become liberated from bondage' (Man. U., 3.2.6). I want to know separately the truth, viz., whether Tyaga and Sannyasa are synonymous or not. The import is this. Do these two terms Sannyasa and Tyaga have different meanings or do they signify the same thing? If they signify different things, I want to know their different natures. If they are synonymous, their identical nature should be elucidated. Then, in order to prove that the nature of both is identical and that it is such and such, the Lord explains, showing the disagreements among some disputants:
4a01bba13672…Swami Sivananda
18.1 संन्यासस्य of renunciation? महाबाहो O mightyarmed? तत्त्वम् the essence of truth? इच्छामि (I) wish? वेदितुम् to know? त्यागस्य of Tyaga or abandonment? च and? हृषीकेशः O Krishna? पृथक् severally? केशिनिषूदन् slayer of Kesi.Commentary The teaching of the whole of the GitaSastra is summed up beautifully in this discourse. This last discourse is a brief masterly summary of all that is told in the previous chapters. Arjuna wishes to know the distinction between Sannyasa and Tyaga.Kesi was an Asura whom Lord Krishna slew. So Lord Krishna is addressed as Kesinishudana by Arjuna.The words Sannyasa and Tyaga have been used here and there in the preceding discourses but their connotations are not lucidly distinguished. Therefore Lord Krishna clearly explains to Arjuna the right significance of the two terms in the following verse.
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