Word meanings
- niyatasya
- of prescribed duties
- tu
- but
- sanyāsaḥ
- renunciation
- karmaṇaḥ
- actions
- na
- never
- upapadyate
- to be performed
- mohāt
- deluded
- tasya
- of that
- parityāgaḥ
- renunciation
- tāmasaḥ
- in the mode of ignorance
- parikīrtitaḥ
- has been declared
Translations
Verily, the renunciation of obligatory action is not proper; the abandonment of the same out of delusion is declared to be Tamasic.
It is not right to give up actions which are obligatory; and if they are misunderstood, it is the result of sheer ignorance.
Abandoning one's daily obligatory acts is not justifiable; giving up those through delusion is said to be rooted in tamas.
नियत कर्मका तो त्याग करना उचित नहीं है। उसका मोहपूर्वक त्याग करना तामस कहा गया है।Commentary
Renunciation of obligatory action is not proper because it is purifying in the case of an ignorant man. Should a man renounce actions that he should perform as a duty, such renunciation can only be of the ality of darkness. Prescribed duties must not be abandoned and if anyone does so, he is certainly deluded by ignorance. Tamas is ignorance. Niyata Prescribed according to ones religion. To hold that a duty is obligatory and then to relinish it is indeed selfcontradictory.