Sārathi

Concepts

त्याग tyāga

Letting go. Appears in 15 verses.

Where it appears

Often found with

Verses

  1. 12.11अथैतदप्यशक्तोऽसि कर्तुं मद्योगमाश्रितः।athaitad apy aśhakto ’si kartuṁ mad-yogam āśhritaḥIf you are unable to do even this, then, resort to union with Me and renounce the fruits of all actions with self-control.
  2. 12.12श्रेयो हि ज्ञानमभ्यासाज्ज्ञानाद्ध्यानं विशिष्यते।śhreyo hi jñānam abhyāsāj jñānād dhyānaṁ viśhiṣhyateBetter indeed is knowledge than practice; better than knowledge is meditation; better than meditation is the renunciation of the fruits of actions: peace immediately…
  3. 12.16अनपेक्षः शुचिर्दक्ष उदासीनो गतव्यथः।anapekṣhaḥ śhuchir dakṣha udāsīno gata-vyathaḥHe who is free from wants, pure, expert, unconcerned, and free from pain, renouncing all undertakings and commencements, he who is devoted to Me is dear to Me.
  4. 12.17यो न हृष्यति न द्वेष्टि न शोचति न काङ्क्षति।yo na hṛiṣhyati na dveṣhṭi na śhochati na kāṅkṣhatiHe who neither rejoices nor hates, nor grieves nor desires, renouncing both good and evil, and who is full of devotion, is dear to Me.
  5. 14.25मानापमानयोस्तुल्यस्तुल्यो मित्रारिपक्षयोः।mānāpamānayos tulyas tulyo mitrāri-pakṣhayoḥWho is the same in honor and dishonor, the same to friend and foe, abandoning all undertakings, he is said to have transcended the dualities.
  6. 16.2अहिंसा सत्यमक्रोधस्त्यागः शान्तिरपैशुनम्।ahinsā satyam akrodhas tyāgaḥ śhāntir apaiśhunamHarmlessness, truth, absence of anger, renunciation, peacefulness, absence of crookedness, compassion for beings, non-covetousness, gentleness, modesty, and absence of…
  7. 18.1संन्यासस्य महाबाहो तत्त्वमिच्छामि वेदितुम्।sannyāsasya mahā-bāho tattvam ichchhāmi veditumArjuna said, "O mighty-armed Hrishikesa, I desire to know the essence or truth of renunciation and abandonment severally, O slayer of Kesi."
  8. 18.2काम्यानां कर्मणां न्यासं संन्यासं कवयो विदुः।kāmyānāṁ karmaṇāṁ nyāsaṁ sannyāsaṁ kavayo viduḥThe Blessed Lord said, "The sages understand sannyasa to be the renunciation of action with desire; the wise declare the abandonment of the fruits of all actions to be…
  9. 18.4निश्चयं श्रृणु मे तत्र त्यागे भरतसत्तम।niśhchayaṁ śhṛiṇu me tatra tyāge bharata-sattamaHear from Me the conclusion or the final truth about this abandonment, O best of the Bharatas; abandonment, indeed, O best of men, has been declared to be of three kinds.
  10. 18.7नियतस्य तु संन्यासः कर्मणो नोपपद्यते।niyatasya tu sannyāsaḥ karmaṇo nopapadyateVerily, the renunciation of obligatory action is not proper; the abandonment of the same out of delusion is declared to be Tamasic.
  11. 18.8दुःखमित्येव यत्कर्म कायक्लेशभयात्त्यजेत्।duḥkham ity eva yat karma kāya-kleśha-bhayāt tyajetHe who abandons action out of fear of bodily trouble (because it is painful), does not obtain the merit of renunciation by performing such Rajasic renunciation.
  12. 18.9कार्यमित्येव यत्कर्म नियतं क्रियतेऽर्जुन।kāryam ity eva yat karma niyataṁ kriyate ‘rjunaWhatever obligatory action is done, O Arjuna, merely because it ought to be done, abandoning attachment and also the desire for reward, that renunciation is regarded as…
  13. 18.10न द्वेष्ट्यकुशलं कर्म कुशले नानुषज्जते।na dveṣhṭy akuśhalaṁ karma kuśhale nānuṣhajjateThe man of renunciation, pervaded by purity, intelligent, and with his doubts cut asunder, does not hate an unpleasant task nor is he attached to a pleasant one.
  14. 18.11न हि देहभृता शक्यं त्यक्तुं कर्माण्यशेषतः।na hi deha-bhṛitā śhakyaṁ tyaktuṁ karmāṇy aśheṣhataḥIndeed, it is not possible for an embodied being to completely abandon actions; however, he who relinquishes the rewards of actions is truly called a man of renunciation.
  15. 18.12अनिष्टमिष्टं मिश्रं च त्रिविधं कर्मणः फलम्।aniṣhṭam iṣhṭaṁ miśhraṁ cha tri-vidhaṁ karmaṇaḥ phalamThe threefold fruit of action (evil, good, and mixed) accrues after death to those who do not abandon it, but never to those who do.