नियतस्य तु सन्न्यासः कर्मणो नोपपद्यते । मोहात्तस्य परित्यागस्तामसः परिकीर्तितः ॥ ७ ॥
niyatasya tu sannyāsaḥ karmaṇo nopapadyate mohāt tasya parityāgas tāmasaḥ parikīrtitaḥ
Translation
Renouncing one's prescribed duty is not proper. Giving it up out of delusion is declared tamasic.
Hindi Meaning (हिंदी अर्थ)
नियत (कर्तव्य) कर्म का त्याग उचित नहीं है। मोह के कारण उसका त्याग तामस त्याग कहा गया है।
Commentary
The lowest renunciation is dropping one's duties out of confusion or laziness and calling it spirituality. Arjun's wish in chapter 1 to walk away from battle would fall here: it looked like renunciation, but it came from moha, delusion.
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