niyatasya tu sannyÄsaḥ karmaṇo nopapadyate mohÄt tasya parityÄgas tÄmasaḥ parikÄ«rtitaḥ [7]

tu–But; sannyÄsaḥ–renunciation; niyatasya–of obligatory; karmaṇaḥ–duties; na upapadyate–cannot be justified. parityÄgaḥ–

Abandonment; tasya–of those duties; mohÄt–out of delusion; parikÄ«rtitaḥ–is called; tÄmasaḥ–renunciation of the nature of ignorance. [7]


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Renunciation of one’s obligatory duties is wrong. The delusion of giving up these duties is called false renunciation, or renunciation of the nature of ignorance.

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