Sanskrit Verse
niyatasya tu sannyasah karmano nopapadyate mohat tasya parityagas tamasah parikirtitah
Translation & Meaning
Renunciation of prescribed duties is not appropriate. Abandoning one's obligatory actions out of delusion is declared to be tamasic renunciation. Ignorance-driven withdrawal from duty leads not to liberation but to further bondage.
Key Teachings
- •Abandoning prescribed duties is never justified
- •Renunciation born of delusion is classified as tamasic
- •Tamas masquerades as spirituality when it drives avoidance of duty
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