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निश्चयं श्रृणु मे तत्र त्यागे भरतसत्तम।

त्यागो हि पुरुषव्याघ्र त्रिविधः संप्रकीर्तितः।।18.4।।

English Commentary By Swami Sivananda

18.4 निश्चयम् conclusion or the final truth, श्रृणु hear, मे My, तत्र there, त्यागे about abandonment, भरतसत्तम O best of the Bharatas, त्यागः abandonment, हि verily, पुरुषव्याघ्र O best of men, त्रिविधः of three kinds, संप्रकीर्तितः has been declared (to be).

Commentary:
Now the Lord gives His own decisive opinion. It is declared in the scriptures that renunciation is of three kinds, viz., Sattvic, Rajasic and Tamasic. The Lord alone can teach the truth about the subject. Whoever wants to be liberated from the miseries of this world must understand the real nature of renunciation.

Sanskrit Commentary By Sri Shankaracharya

।।18.4।। --,निश्चयं श्रृणु अवधारय मे मम वचनात् तत्र त्यागे त्यागसंन्यासविकल्पे यथादर्शिते भरतसत्तम भरतानां साधुतम। त्यागो हि? त्यागसंन्यासशब्दवाच्यो हि यः अर्थः सः एक एवेति अभिप्रेत्य आह -- त्यागो हि इति। पुरुषव्याघ्र? त्रिविधः त्रिप्रकारः तामसादिप्रकारैः संप्रकीर्तितः शास्त्रेषु सम्यक् कथितः यस्मात् तामसादिभेदेन त्यागसंन्यासशब्दवाच्यः अर्थः अधिकृतस्य कर्मिणः अनात्मज्ञस्य त्रिविधः संभवति? न परमार्थदर्शिनः? इत्ययमर्थः दुर्ज्ञानः? तस्मात् अत्र तत्त्वं न अन्यः वक्तुं समर्थः। तस्मात् निश्चयं परमार्थशास्त्रार्थविषयम् अध्यवसायम् ऐश्वरं मे मत्तः श्रृणु।।कः पुनः असौ निश्चयः इति? आह --,

English Translation By Swami Sivananda

18.4 Hear from Me the conclusion or the final truth about this abandonment, O best of the Bharatas; abandonment, verily, O best of men, has been declared to be of three kinds.

English Translation Of Sri Shankaracharya's Sanskrit Commentary By Swami Gambirananda

18.4 Bharata-sattama, O the most excellent among the descendants of Bharata; srnu, hear, understand; me, from Me, from My statement; niscayam, the firm conclusion; tatra tyage, regarding that tyaga, regarding these alternative veiws on tyaga and sannyasa as they have been shown. Hi, for; purusavyaghra, O greatest among men; tyagah, tyaga; samprakirtitah, has been clearly declared, has been distinctly spoken of in the scriptures; to be trividhah, of three kinds, threefold, under the classes of tamasa (those based on tamas [Tamas: darkness, mental darkness, ignorance; one of the three alities of everything in Nature. Also see 14.8, and note under 2.45.-Tr.], etc. The Lord has used the word tyaga with the idea that the (primary) meanings of tyaga and sannyasa are verily the same. Since it is difficult to comprehend this idea, that the primary meanings of the words tyaga and sannyasa can be threefold under the classification based on tamas etc. in the case of one who is unenlightened and who is alified for rites and duties-but not in the case of one who has realized the supreme Goal-,therefore no one else is capable of speaking the truth in this connection. Hence, listen to the firm conclusion of the Lord with regard to the supreme Truth as revealved by the scriptures. Which, again, is this firm conclusion? In reply the Lord says: