Bhagavad Gita: Chapter 18, Verse 1

Contents

1 अर्जुन उवाच |
2 सन्न्यासस्य महाबाहो तत्वमिच्छामि वेदितुम् |
3 त्यागस्य च हृषीकेश पृथक्केशिनिषूदन ||
4 भावार्थ:
5 Translation

अर्जुन उवाच |

सन्न्यासस्य महाबाहो तत्वमिच्छामि वेदितुम् |

त्यागस्य च हृषीकेश पृथक्केशिनिषूदन ||

arjuna uvācha
sannyāsasya mahā-bāho tattvam ichchhāmi veditum
tyāgasya cha hṛiṣhīkeśha pṛithak keśhi-niṣhūdana

भावार्थ:

अर्जुन बोले- हे महाबाहो! हे अन्तर्यामिन्‌! हे वासुदेव! मैं संन्यास और त्याग के तत्व को पृथक्‌-पृथक्‌ जानना चाहता हूँ॥1॥

Translation

Arjun said: O mighty-armed Krishna, I wish to understand the nature of sanyās (renunciation of actions) and tyāg (renunciation of the desire for the fruits of actions). O Hrishikesh, I also wish to know the distinction between the two, O Keshinisudan.

English Translation Of Sri Shankaracharya’s Sanskrit Commentary By Swami Gambirananda

18.1 O mighty-armed Hrsikesa, kesi-nisudana, O slayer of (the demon) Kesi; icchami, I want; veditum, to know; prthak, severally, through their mutual distinctions; tattvam, the truth, the intrinsic nature, i.e. the real meaning; sannyasasya, of sannyasa, i.e. the meaning of the word sannyasa, ca, as also; tyagasya, of tyaga, i.e. the meaning of the word tyaga.

Kesi was a demon who had assumed the form of a horse, and Lord Vasudeva had killed him. Hence He is addressed by that name (Kesi-nisudana) by Arjuna.

The word sannyasa and tyaga, used in various places in the preceding chapters, are not explicit in their implications. Therefore, in order to determine them for Arjuna who had put the estion,-

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