1 Gita Sloka Every Day - Chapter 18 - Moksha Sanyasa Yoga - Sloka 3

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Sanyasa & Tyaga Explained  1-6

1 Gita Sloka  Every Day - Chapter 18 - Moksha Sanyasa Yoga - Sloka 3

Vidura and Sage Maitreya

Tyajyam dosha bad iti eke karma prahuh manishinah I

Yagna dana tapah karma ma tyajyam iti apapre II sloka 3

त्याज्यं  दोष वत्  इति एके कर्म प्राहुः मनीषिणः I 

यज्ञ दान तपः कर्म म त्याज्यं  इति चापप्रे II श्लोक 3

Some sages declare that all actions should be relinquished as evil, while others say that yagnam gift and austerity should not be relinquished.

Cause and effect are contained in karma on all its forms. The effect is inevitable when the cause is set in motion. When it rains, the farm and a house under  construction alike get wet. The effect is good to the former and bad to the latter. Cause here in the form of rain has both good and bad effect on two different things. The burning of the lamp, which is the cause,  produces  a good effect for the reader of the Bhagavad Gita and a bad effect for the insects that fall in the flame and perish.

Hence some wise men (the followers of Kapila, the founder of the sankhya yoga system of philosophy) state that all karmas, including yagnas etc. should be given up by a person, who desires only moksha. Because according to them, the yagnas and other rituals are attached to fruits like swarga and prosperrity in this world. So theya re to be considered as evil like desire, anger etc. and theyt should be given up since the bind the person to samsara. 

Other learned people say that yagnas, giving of gifts, tapas and similar vedic rituals should never be given up. 

But what is the view of the Lord in this respect? The elucidation comes