Chapter 18 · Liberation Through Renunciation

    Verse 4

    Sanskrit Text — Chapter 18, Verse 4

    निश्चयं श्रृणु मे तत्र त्यागे भरतसत्तम।त्यागो हि पुरुषव्याघ्र त्रिविधः संप्रकीर्तितः।।18.4।।

    Transliteration (IAST)

    niśhchayaṁ śhṛiṇu me tatra tyāge bharata-sattama tyāgo hi puruṣha-vyāghra tri-vidhaḥ samprakīrtitaḥ

    Translation

    Listen to My decision, O Arjuna, concerning abandonment; for abandonment is declared to be of three kinds.
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