दुःखमित्येव यत्कर्म कायक्लेशभयात्त्यजेत् | स कृत्वा राजसं त्यागं नैव त्यागफलं लभेत् ||१८-८||
duḥkhamityeva yatkarma kāyakleśabhayāttyajet . sa kṛtvā rājasaṃ tyāgaṃ naiva tyāgaphalaṃ labhet ||18-8||
- duḥkham
- unhappy
- iti
- thus
- eva
- certainly
- yat
- which
- karma
- work
- kāya
- for the body
- kleśa
- trouble
- bhayāt
- out of fear
- tyajet
- gives up
- saḥ
- he
- kṛtvā
- after doing
- rājasam
- in the mode of passion
- tyāgam
- renunciation
- na
- not
- eva
- certainly
- tyāga
- of renunciation
- phalam
- the results
- labhet
- gains
Anyone who gives up prescribed duties as troublesome or out of fear of bodily discomfort is said to have renounced in the mode of passion. Such action never leads to the elevation of renunciation.