Bhagavad Gita Chapter 18 Verse 7
भगवद् गीता अध्याय 18 श्लोक 7

नियतस्य तु संन्यासः कर्मणो नोपपद्यते।
मोहात्तस्य परित्यागस्तामसः परिकीर्तितः।।18.7।।



English Translation - Dr. S. Sankaranarayan
18.7. The renunciation of the enjoined action does not stand to reason; and completely relinishing it, out of ignorance is proclaimed, on all sides, as an act of the Tamas (Strand).


English Translation of Commentary  - Dr. S. Sankaranarayan
18.7 See Comment under 18.11


Transliteration Bhagavad Gita 18.7Niyatasya tu sannyaasah karmano nopapadyate;
Mohaattasya parityaagas taamasah parikeertitah.


Word Meanings Bhagavad Gita 18.7niyatasya—of prescribed duties; tu—but; sanyāsaḥ—renunciation; karmaṇaḥ—actions; na—never; upapadyate—to be performed; mohāt—deluded; tasya—of that; parityāgaḥ—renunciation; tāmasaḥ—in the mode of ignorance; parikīrtitaḥ—has been declared