नियतस्य तु संन्यासः कर्मणो नोपपद्यते | मोहात्तस्य परित्यागस्तामसः परिकीर्तितः ||१८-७||
niyatasya tu saṃnyāsaḥ karmaṇo nopapadyate . mohāttasya parityāgastāmasaḥ parikīrtitaḥ ||18-7||
- niyatasya
- prescribed
- tu
- but
- sannyāsaḥ
- renunciation
- karmaṇaḥ
- of activities
- na
- never
- upapadyate
- is deserved
- mohāt
- by illusion
- tasya
- of them
- parityāgaḥ
- renunciation
- tāmasaḥ
- in the mode of ignorance
- parikīrtitaḥ
- is declared
Prescribed duties should never be renounced. If one gives up his prescribed duties because of illusion, such renunciation is said to be in the mode of ignorance.