Verset 18.7

नियतस्य तु संन्यासः कर्मणो नोपपद्यते ।

मोहात्तस्य परित्यागस्तामसः परिकीर्तितः ॥

18.7

Translittération

niyatasya tu saṃnyāsaḥ karmaṇo nopapadyate |

mohāttasya parityāgastāmasaḥ parikīrtitaḥ ||

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Traduction

Verily the renunciation of obligatory action is not proper; the abandonment of the same from delusion is declared to be Tamasic.

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Mot à mot

of prescribed
but
renunciation
of action
not
is proper

out of delusion
its
abandonment
tamasic
is declared

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Explication

Krishna now classifies relinquishment by the qualities. To give up an action that is one's obligatory duty (niyata karma) is not right. When it is abandoned out of delusion, that relinquishment is tamasic. This directly addresses Arjuna's original wish to lay down his weapons. Abandoning a duty out of confusion may look like renunciation, but Krishna calls it a form of darkness, since it springs from misunderstanding rather than wisdom.

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