1 Gita Sloka Every Day - Chapter 18 - Moksha Sanyasa Yoga - Sloka 2

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Sanyasa & Tyaga Explained  1-6

1 Gita Sloka  Every Day - Chapter 18 - Moksha Sanyasa Yoga - Sloka 2

Shri Bhagavan Uvacha

Kamyanam karmanam nyasam sanyasam kavyah viduh I

Sarva karma phala tyagam prahuh tyagam vichakshanah II sloka 2

श्री भगवान उवाच 
काम्यानां कर्मणां न्यासं संयासं काव्यः विदुः I 
सर्व कर्म फल त्यागं प्राहुः त्यागं विचक्षणः II श्लोक 2

The Blessed Lord said

The renunciation of kam ya karma, the sages understand as sanyasa; the wise declare the abandonment of the fruits of all works as tyaga.

""Kamya karma" requires to be clarified. Hankering after health, wealth, long life, progeny, name, fame, title and social status - all these come under kamya karma.Under this category also comes the hope for various heavenly enjoyments after death. That it is sanyasa to renounce all these desires, is the view of some sages. There are others who acclaim that it is tyaga to abandon the fruits of all actions such as nitya or obligatory ones, naimitya or the occasional specific ones and kamya  or the optional work. Kamya karmas are those that create new bondages leading to rebirths for the fulfillment of desires that prompted those actions. Seeds for further transmigrations should not be sown by those aspirants who are intent on gaining liberation. When the fruits of the various works are not cared for, that attitude is tyaga, which prepares the sadhaka for emancipation. This is the view of a second set of sages.

One imbued with sattva gunas, must do karma as the servant of a rich man does the work assigned to him. In the same way, the devotees of the Lord should discharge their duties holding them as maker's mandate. The Lord's name ought to be repeated mentally while the activities are going on at the physical level. At the appointed time, meditation on the Lord must also be carried on. This is the gist of the karma yoga.

Sri Ramakrishna