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Verse 18·11

The rajasic action full of desire and effort

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न हि देहभृता शक्यं त्यक्तुं कर्माण्यशेषतः ।यस्तु कर्मफलत्यागी स त्यागीत्यभिधीयते ॥

na hi dehabhṛtā śakyaṃ tyaktuṃ karmāṇyaśeṣataḥyastu karmaphalatyāgī sa tyāgītyabhidhīyate

Nor indeed can embodied beings renounce all works; verily he who gives up the fruit of action, he is said to be a renouncer.

Gītā 18·11

The essence of renunciation, the true Tyaga, the true Sannyasa is not any rule of thumb of inaction but a disinterested soul, a selfless mind, the transition from ego to the free impersonal and spiritual nature. The spirit of this inner renunciation is the first mental condition of the highest culminating sattwic discipline.

CWSA 19 · Essays on the Gita · p. 497

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