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Summary of #ShreeBhagwatGita Adhyay 18-मोक्षसंन्यासयोग

In response to Arjuna's question about difference between Sanyasa and Tyaga shri Krishna provided several contemporary definitions of tyaga. He then enumerated three types of tyaga based on the three gunas.(1/n)

The foremost is sattvic where the individual performs his duty without attachment to the reward. Shri Krishna analyzed the five factors that are involved in any action : the foundation, the doer, the instruments, energy and divinity.
(2/n)

He then analyzed three factors that compel us to act: knowledge,action and the sense of doership.These three as well as intellect,fortitude and joy were each categorized as sattvic, raajsic and taamsic. It proves that that nothing is free from the effect of these three gunas(3/n)

Self analysis of our mentality enables us to select our duty towards society which is classified as brahman, kshatriya, vaishya and Shudra. By engaging in our duty and offering our actions to God, we can purify our mind and reach the state of gyan, nishtha and yogyata.(4/n)

When seekers reaches this stage, they engage in a life of monkhood, enabling them to contemplate upon the nature of the Aatma, the self and remain devoted to that knowledge as gyan and nishtha, the final stage in the spiritual journey.(5/n)

"सर्वधर्मान्परित्यज्य मामेकं शरणं व्रज |
अहं त्वां सर्वपापेभ्यो मोक्षयिष्यामि मा शुच: ||"

"Abandon all varieties of dharmas and simply surrender unto me alone. I shall liberate you from all sinful reactions, do not fear."
(6/n)

To comprehend this instruction of Shree Krishna, we need to understand the term dharma. It comes from the root word dhṛi, which means “responsibilities, duties, thoughts, and actions that are appropriate for us.” (7/n)

"इदं ते नातपस्काय नाभक्ताय कदाचन |
न चाशुश्रूषवे वाच्यं न च मां योऽभ्यसूयति ||"

"Gita should never be explained to those who are not devoted. It should also not be spoken to those who are averse to spiritual topics, and especially not to those who are envious of me." (8/n)

Shri Krishna concludes:
"य इदं परमं गुह्यं मद्भक्तेष्वभिधास्यति|
भक्तिं मयि परां कृत्वा मामेवैष्यत्यसंशय:||"

"Those who delivers this most confidential knowledge of Gita amongst my devotees, perform the greatest act of love. They will come to me without doubt."(9.1/n)

"श्रद्धावाननसूयश्च शृणुयादपि यो नर:|
सोऽपि मुक्त: शुभाँल्लोकान्प्राप्नुयात्पुण्यकर्मणाम्"
"Even those who listen to this knowledge with faith and without envy will be liberated from sins and attain the auspicious home where the pious dwell"(9.2/n)
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