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Chapter 18
Link:- The Lord in the fourth verse of this chapter, declared rehinquishment, to be threefohd. So, in the next three verses, He describes them.
niyatasya to sannyasah karman nopapadyate
mobhttasya parityagastamasah parikirtitah
Verily, the renunciation of any duty that be prescribed, is not proper. Its abandonment (tyaga) through delusion (ignorance), is declared to be tamasika (of the mode of ignorance). 7
Comment:-
[The Lord, describes the threefold relinquishment, because Arjuna wanted to abandon his duty [1]. So Lord Krsna, by explaining the threefold relinquishment wanted to warn Arjuna and other human beings, that one should not abandon one's duty, but should abandon attachment to it and also, its fruit. This abandonment, is called sattvika abandonment, which leads a man, to freedom from worldly bondage. Also, the Lord, in the seventeenth chapter described faith and food etc., of three kinds. So here also, He describes abandonment of three kinds.]
Niyatasya to sannyasah karman nopapadyate:- The lord in the preceding verse, explained His decisive and fum belief. But this tamasika abandonment, is quite contrary and inferior, to that. So the term 'tu' (verily), is used here.
Duty that ought to be discharged, must be discharged. One's profession, according to one's caste and social order, hospitality, sacrifice, prayer and recitation of Gayatri mantra (the sacred Vedic hymn) and such other acts, should not be abandoned. Such abandonment if resorted to, is Tamasika and, is the abandonment of ordamed duty (Niyata Karna).
Mohattasya parityagastsmasah parikirtitah:- Abandonment of any such act, out of delusion (ignorance), is declared to be tamasika. Not to attend, an urgent meeting or divine discourse, not to attend to sick parents; not to attend the court, at the right time and such other negligence, out of heedlessness, idleness and laziness, are examples of tamasika abandonment.
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