Bhagavad Gita — BG18.22
Chapter 18: Mokṣha Sanyās Yog · Verse 22 of 78
संस्कृत श्लोक · Sanskrit Shloka
यत्तु कृत्स्नवदेकस्मिन्कार्ये सक्तमहैतुकम् |
अतत्त्वार्थवदल्पं च तत्तामसमुदाहृतम् ||१८-२२||
Transliteration
yattu kṛtsnavadekasminkārye saktamahaitukam . atattvārthavadalpaṃ ca tattāmasamudāhṛtam ||18-22||
हिन्दी अनुवाद · Hindi Translation
और जिस ज्ञान के द्वारा मनुष्य एक कार्य (शरीर) में ही आसक्त हो जाता है, मानो वह (कार्य ही) पूर्ण वस्तु हो तथा जो (ज्ञान) हेतुरहित (अयुक्तिक), तत्त्वार्थ से रहित तथा संकुचित (अल्प) है, वह (ज्ञान) तामस है।।
English Translation
But that (knowledge) is said to be born of tamas which is confined to one form as though it were all, which is irrational, not concern with truth and triivial.
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Mokṣha Sanyās Yog — Yoga through the Perfection of Renunciation and Surrender
About Chapter 18: Moksha Sanyaas Yoga
The eighteenth chapter of the Bhagavad Gita is Moksha Sanyas Yoga. Arjuna requests the Lord to explain the difference between the two types of renunciations - sanyaas(renunciation of actions) and tyaag(renunciation of desires). Krishna explains that a sanyaasi is one who abandons family and society …
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Bhagavad Gita BG18.22 is verse 22 of Chapter 18 — Moksha Sanyaas Yoga (Mokṣha Sanyās Yog). This chapter is called Yoga through the Perfection of Renunciation and Surrender. The English translation is: “But that (knowledge) is said to be born of tamas which is confined to one form as though it were all, which is irrational, not concern with truth and triivial.”.