Shloka 18.16“Now, such being the case, he who sees himself as the sole doer due to impure understanding does not…
Shloka 18.15“Whatever action a man performs with body, speech, or mind, whether right or wrong, these five are its causes.”…
Shloka 18.14“The body, the doer, the instruments, the functions, and the fifth, divine destiny—these are the causes.” Key Teaching: Five…
Shloka 18.13“Learn from Me, O mightyarmed, these five causes for the accomplishment of all actions, as declared in the Sankhya…
Shloka 18.12“The threefold fruit of action—undesirable, desirable, and mixed—accrues to nonrenouncers after death, but not to renouncers.” Key Teaching: Nonrenouncers…
Shloka 18.11“It is impossible for an embodied being to abandon all actions; but he who abandons the fruit of action…
Shloka 18.10“The renouncer endowed with sattva, with doubts dispelled, neither hates disagreeable work nor clings to agreeable work.” Key Teaching:…
Shloka 18.9“When prescribed action is performed as duty, abandoning attachment and fruits, that renunciation is sattvic.” Key Teaching: Sattvic renunciation…
Shloka 18.8“He who abandons action due to fear of bodily pain, performing rajasic renunciation, does not attain its fruit.” Key…
Shloka 18.7“Renunciation of prescribed duties is not proper; such abandonment, born of delusion, is tamasic.” Key Teaching: Abandoning prescribed duties…