Bhagavad Gita: Chapter 18, Verse 2

श्री भगवानुवाच काम्यानां कर्मणां न्यासं संन्यासं कवयो विदुः। सर्वकर्मफलत्यागं प्राहुस्त्यागं विचक्षणाः।।18.2।।

śhrī-bhagavān uvācha kāmyānāṁ karmaṇāṁ nyāsaṁ sannyāsaṁ kavayo viduḥ sarva-karma-phala-tyāgaṁ prāhus tyāgaṁ vichakṣhaṇāḥ

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Word Meanings

śhrī-bhagavān uvāchathe Supreme Divine Personality said
kāmyānāmdesireful
karmaṇāmof actions
nyāsamgiving up
sanyāsamrenunciation of actions
kavayaḥthe learned
viduḥto understand
sarvaall
karma-phalafruits of actions
tyāgamrenunciation of desires for enjoying the fruits of actions
prāhuḥdeclare
tyāgamrenunciation of desires for enjoying the fruits of actions
vichakṣhaṇāḥthe wise
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Translation

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."

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Commentary

English Commentary By Swami Sivananda

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Bhagavad Gita 18.2 - Chapter 18 Verse 2 in Hindi & English