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Chapter 18: Moksha Sannyasa Yoga

मोक्षसंन्यासयोग

The Yoga of Liberation through Renunciation

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Chapter 18, Verse 1

अध्याय 18, श्लोक 1

श्लोक (Shlok)

अर्जुन उवाच संन्यासस्य महाबाहो तत्त्वमिच्छामि वेदितुम्। त्यागस्य च हृषीकेश पृथक्केशिनिषूदन।।18.1।।

arjuna uvāca sannyāsasya mahā-bāho tattvam icchāmi veditum tyāgasya ca hṛṣīkeśa pṛthak keśi-niṣūdana

Translation

Arjuna said: O mighty-armed one, I wish to understand the purpose of renunciation [tyāga] and of the renounced order of life [sannyāsa], O killer of the Keśī demon, master of the senses.

Word by Word Meaning

संन्यासस्य

of renunciation

महाबाहो

O mightyarmed

तत्त्वम्

the essence of truth

इच्छामि

(I) wish

वेदितुम्

to know

त्यागस्य

of Tyaga or abandonment

and

हृषीकेशः

O Krishna

पृथक्

severally

केशिनिषूदन्

slayer of Kesi