Bhagavad Gita · Mahabharata Codex

Tyaga

त्याग · tyāga

relinquishment; giving up the fruits

Arjuna's last question asks how tyaga differs from sannyasa. Krishna says tyaga is giving up the fruit of every action while continuing to act. Acts of sacrifice, giving and discipline should never be abandoned, only the attachment to them. The one who gives up the fruit is the true relinquisher, since no embodied being can give up action entirely.

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Bhagavad Gita 18.2 · Bhagavad Gita 18.9 · Bhagavad Gita 18.11