Sanskrit Commentary By Sri Shankaracharya
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Chapter 18 · Verse 2·Spoken by Krishna
काम्यानां कर्मणां न्यासं संन्यासं कवयो विदुः। सर्वकर्मफलत्यागं प्राहुस्त्यागं विचक्षणाः
kāmyānāṁ karmaṇāṁ nyāsaṁ sannyāsaṁ kavayo viduḥ sarva-karma-phala-tyāgaṁ prāhus tyāgaṁ vichakṣhaṇāḥ
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The Blessed Lord said, "The learned ones know sannyasa to be the giving up of actions done with a desire for reward. The adepts call the abandonment of the results of all works 'tyaga'."
Swami Gambiranandaafter Śaṅkara's bhāṣya· paired with Śaṅkara
The Lord said, "The sages hold that Sannyasa is the giving up of all works motivated by desire, and the wise declare Tyaga to be the abandonment of the fruits of all works.
Swami Adidevanandaafter Rāmānuja's bhāṣya· paired with Rāmānuja
The Bhagavat said, "The seers understand the act of renouncing desire-motivated actions as renunciation; the experts declare the relinquishment of the fruits of all actions to be relinquishment."
Dr. S. Sankaranarayanafter Madhva's bhāṣya· paired with Madhva
The 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 tyaga."
Swami SivanandaThe Bhagavad Gita
Lord Shri Krishna replied: The sages say that renunciation is forgoing an action that springs from desire, and relinquishing is the surrender of its fruit.
Shri Purohit SwamiThe Geeta
Sanskrit Commentary By Sri Shankaracharya
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Sanskrit Commentary By Sri Ramanuja
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Sanskrit Commentary By Sri Madhavacharya
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