(ch.18) Freedom and renunciation

The eighteenth chapter, `Moksha SanyasaYogah’, starts with a question from Arjuna who asks,`I want to know the truth ofsanyasa and tyaga.’ Sanyasasyamahabahotattvamicchamiveditum | Tyagasyacahrsikeshaprtakkesinisadana || 18.1 ||

In the fourth verse of the 18th chapter, Krishna says that all tyaga can be classified as Sattvic, Rajasic, or Tamasic. What is Tamasic tyaga? In the Indian context, the concept of

After dealing with knowledge, Krishna speaks about action. Sattvic actions are those that are done with karma yoga buddhi and Ishvara arpanam (offering everything to the Lord) and prasada buddhi

Further, in Chapter 18, Krishna makes some more divisions. He talks about the sattvic intellect, meaning the power of reasoning. He says, `That reason which knows what is

In the 41st verse of the 18th chapter, after having discussed everything about sattva, rajas and tamas, Krishna talks about the famous or infamous caste

Continuing, Krishna says, it is your own inner nature (sattva or rajas or tamas) that prompts your karma/action, and regardless of how glamorous or unglamorous

Further on, in Chapter 18, Krishna speaks about  `danam, ’  meaning charity or sharing. Again, there are three kinds of danam: sattvic, rajasic, tamasic. Danam is sattvic when the attitude of

In the last verse of the teaching of the Gita, the 66th verse, Krishna says, Sarva dharman parityajya mam ekam saranam vraja Aham tva sarvapapebhyo