Bhagavad Gita, Chapter 18, Verse 4
निश्चयं शृणु मे तत्र त्यागे भरतसत्तम । त्यागो हि पुरुषव्याघ्र त्रिविधः सम्प्रकीर्तितः
niścayaṃ śṛṇu me tatra tyāge bharatasattama | tyāgo hi puruṣavyāghra trividhaḥ samprakīrtitaḥ
Translation
Learn from Me the truth about this abandonment, O best of the Bhāratas; abandonment, verily, O best of men, has been declared to be of three kinds.
— Alladi Mahadeva Sastri
Word meanings
- niścayam
- conclusion
- śṛṇu
- hear
- me
- my
- tatra
- there
- tyāge
- in (respect of) abandonment
- bharatasattama
- O best of the Bhāratas
- tyāgaḥ
- abandonment
- hi
- indeed
- puruṣavyāghra
- O tiger of men
- trividhaḥ
- threefold
- samprakīrtitaḥ
- is declared
Śaṅkarācārya's commentary
Do thou learn from My words the truth as to the alternatives of abandonment and renunciation referred to. The Lord uses the single word 'tyāga' here, implying that the meaning of 'tyāga' and 'saṃnyāsa' is one and the same. Of three kinds: Tāmasic, Rājasic, Sāttvic — as declared in the śāstras.