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Shri Sankara's Gita Bhashya
(Sri Sankaracharya's Commentary on the Gita)
CHAPTER -18
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2. The renunciation of kdinya actions, sages under stand as samnyasa; the wise declare the abandon ment of the fruits of all works as tydga. Some sages, wise men, understand the renunciation, abandon ment, of kāmya actions, actions accompanied with a desire for fruits, such as the Aśvamedha (Horse-sacrifice),- That is to say, (the sages understand) the non-performance of (kāmya) actions which are presented (in the Śāstra) as worthy of performance,-as samnyāsa, as what is signified by the term 'sarhnyāsa'. The wise, the learned, declare the abandonment of the fruits of all works, i.e. of the fruits of all actions, "nitya' and 'naimittika', which are performed and the fruits of which accrue to the per former, as what is signified by the term 'tyāga. |
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