नियतस्य तु संन्यासः कर्मणो नोपपद्यते | मोहात्तस्य परित्यागस्तामसः परिकीर्तितः ||१८-७||
niyatasya tu saṃnyāsaḥ karmaṇo nopapadyate . mohāttasya parityāgastāmasaḥ parikīrtitaḥ ||18-7||
Chapter 18 · Verse 7
Moksha Sannyasa Yoga
मोक्षसंन्यासयोग
In plain words
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.
Translation
18.7 But the renunciation of obligatory acts is not proper. Abandonment of these through delusion is declared to be Tamasika.
Meaning
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.
Word by word
नियतस्य obligatory तु verily संन्यासः renunciation कर्मणः of action न not उपपद्यते is proper मोहात् from delusion तस्य of the same परित्यागः abandonment तामसः Tamasic परिकीर्तितः is declared.