Mokṣa Sannyāsa Yoga

18.4

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Sanskrit · Devanagari

निश्चयं शृणु मे तत्र त्यागे भरतसत्तम। त्यागो हि पुरुषव्याघ्र त्रिविधः सम्प्रकीर्तितः ॥

Sanskrit · IAST

niścayaṃ śṛṇu me tatra tyāge bharatasattama tyāgo hi puruṣavyāghra trividhaḥ samprakīrtitaḥ

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Kashinath Trimbak Telang, 1882
and penance should not be abandoned. As to that abandonment O best of the descendants of Bharata! listen to my decision for abandonment, O bravest of men! is described (to be) threefold.

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Commentary · Sanskrit

Śaṅkarācārya

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।।18.4।। --,निश्चयं श्रृणु अवधारय मे मम वचनात् तत्र त्यागे त्यागसंन्यासविकल्पे यथादर्शिते भरतसत्तम भरतानां साधुतम। त्यागो हि? त्यागसंन्यासशब्दवाच्यो हि यः अर्थः सः एक एवेति अभिप्रेत्य आह -- त्यागो हि इति। पुरुषव्याघ्र? त्रिविधः त्रिप्रकारः तामसादिप्रकारैः संप्रकीर्तितः शास्त्रेषु सम्यक् कथितः यस्मात् तामसादिभेदेन त्यागसंन्यासशब्दवाच्यः अर्थः अधिकृतस्य कर्मिणः अनात्मज्ञस्य त्रिविधः संभवति? न परमार्थदर्शिनः? इत्ययमर्थः दुर्ज्ञानः? तस्मात् अत्र तत्त्वं न अन्यः वक्तुं समर्थः। तस्मात् निश्चयं परमार्थशास्त्रार्थविषयम् अध्यवसायम् ऐश्वरं मे मत्तः श्रृणु।।कः पुनः असौ निश्चयः इति? आह --,

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Translation · English

Rāmānuja

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18.4 Regarding contradictory versions on Tyaga among disputants, listen from Me My decision. Tyaga has been described by Me in respect of actions prescribed by the scriptures from three points of view: (1) as referring to fruits, (2) as referring to acts themselves and, (3) as referring to agency. It is contained in the statement, 'Surrendering all your actions to Me with a mind focussed on the self,' and 'Free from desire and selfishness and cured of fever - fight' (3.30). The renunciation of fruits consists in the following manner. 'Heaven and such other results arising from acts do not belong to Me.' Renunciation of acts is complete abandonment of the sense of possession in regard to one's acts. This sense of possession is of the following nature: 'Those acts are mine on account of their being the means for fruits which are to be mine.' Renunciation referring to agency is the renunciation of agency of oneself by ascribing the agency to the Lord of all.

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Commentary · English

Swami Sivananda

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18.4 निश्चयम् conclusion or the final truth? श्रृणु hear? मे My? तत्र there? त्यागे about abandonment? भरतसत्तम O best of the Bharatas? त्यागः abandonment? हि verily? पुरुषव्याघ्र O best of men? त्रिविधः of three kinds? संप्रकीर्तितः has been declared (to be).Commentary Now the Lord gives His own decisive opinion. It is declared in the scriptures that renunciation is of three kinds? viz.? Sattvic? Rajasic and Tamasic. The Lord alone can teach the truth about the subject. Whoever wants to be liberated from the miseries of this world must understand the real nature of renunciation.

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