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नियतस्य तु संन्यासः कर्मणो नोपपद्यते।

मोहात्तस्य परित्यागस्तामसः परिकीर्तितः।।18.7।।

English Commentary By Swami Sivananda

18.7 नियतस्य obligatory, तु verily, संन्यासः renunciation, कर्मणः of action, न not, उपपद्यते is proper, मोहात् from delusion, तस्य of the same, परित्यागः abandonment, तामसः Tamasic, परिकीर्तितः is declared.

Commentary:
Renunciation of obligatory action is not proper because it is purifying in the case of an ignorant man. Should a man renounce actions that he should perform as a duty, such renunciation can only be of the ality of darkness. Prescribed duties must not be abandoned and if anyone does so, he is certainly deluded by ignorance. Tamas is ignorance.Niyata Prescribed according to ones religion. To hold that a duty is obligatory and then to relinish it is indeed selfcontradictory.

Sanskrit Commentary By Sri Shankaracharya

।।18.7।। --,नियतस्य तु नित्यस्य संन्यासः परित्यागः कर्मणः न उपपद्यते? अज्ञस्य पावनत्वस्य इष्टत्वात्। मोहात् अज्ञानात् तस्य नियतस्य परित्यागः -- नियतं च अवश्यं कर्तव्यम्? त्यज्यते च? इति विप्रतिषिद्धम् अतः मोहनिमित्तः परित्यागः तामसः परिकीर्तितः मोहश्च तमः इति।।

English Translation By Swami Sivananda

18.7 Verily the renunciation of obligatory action is not proper; the abandonment of the same from delusion is declared to be Tamasic.

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

18.7 Therefore, sannyasah, the abandoning; niyatasya tu karmanah, of the daily obligatory acts, by the seeker of Liberation who is as yet unenlightened and is fit for rites and duites; na apapadyate, is not justifiable, because what is desired is the purification of unenlightened persons. Parityagah, giving up; tasya, of that, of the daily obligatory duty; mohat, through delusion, through ignorance; parikirtitah, is declared; to be tamasah, based on tamas. Niyata is that duty which must be performed. That an act is niyata (obligatory) and it is relinished is contradictory. Therefore the giving up of that through delusion is declared to be based on tamas, for delusion is tamas. Besides,