दुःखमित्येव यत्कर्म कायक्लेशभयात्त्यजेत् | स कृत्वा राजसं त्यागं नैव त्यागफलं लभेत् ||१८-८||
duḥkhamityeva yatkarma kāyakleśabhayāttyajet . sa kṛtvā rājasaṃ tyāgaṃ naiva tyāgaphalaṃ labhet ||18-8||
Chapter 18 · Verse 8
Moksha Sannyasa Yoga
मोक्षसंन्यासयोग
In plain words
Phalam Fruit or reward Moksha or emancipation which is the reward of renunciation of all actions accompanied with wisdom. Determination and persistence are reired for the performance of religious duties and actions. One may begin action but may relinish it before it is completed on account of some difficulties or physical suffering.
Translation
18.8 He who renounces acts as painful from fear of bodily suffering, performs a Rajasika abandonment; he does not gain the fruit of abandonment.
Meaning
Phalam Fruit or reward Moksha or emancipation which is the reward of renunciation of all actions accompanied with wisdom. Determination and persistence are reired for the performance of religious duties and actions. One may begin action but may relinish it before it is completed on account of some difficulties or physical suffering. What then is Sattvic renunciation The Lord says --
Word by word
दुःखम् (it is) painful इति thus एव even यत् which कर्म action कायक्लेशभयात् from fear of bodily trouble त्यजेत् abandons सः he कृत्वा performing राजसम् Rajasic त्यागम् abandonment न not एव even त्यागफलम् the fruit of abandonment लभेत् obtains.