Chapter 18 · Verse 8The Yoga of Liberation and Renunciation
Bhagavad Gita 18.8
BG 18.8 — Chapter 18 (The Yoga of Liberation and Renunciation), Verse 8, with Sanskrit, transliteration & translation.
दुःखमित्येव यत्कर्म कायक्लेशभयात्त्यजेत् | स कृत्वा राजसं त्यागं नैव त्यागफलं लभेत् ||१८-८||
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duḥkhamityeva yatkarma kāyakleśabhayāttyajet . sa kṛtvā rājasaṃ tyāgaṃ naiva tyāgaphalaṃ labhet ||18-8||
Roman: duhkhamityeva yatkarma kayakleshabhayattyajet . sa krtva rajasam tyagam naiva tyagaphalam labhet
He who abandons action on account of the fear of bodily trouble (because it is painful), does not obtain the merit of renunciation by doing such Rajasic renunciation.